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Seeing the Smart City: Mapping Technologies in Canada
Advocacy and activism in the smart city is an important endeavour and comes at a critical time that sees smart city development outpace any deep awareness of their defining logic or process of implementation.
Algorithms Are Designing Better Buildings
More recently, new tools have begun to combine this kind of information with algorithms to automate and optimise aspects of the building process. This ranges from interpreting regulations and providing calculations for structural evaluations to making procurement more precise.
How to make smart cities human again
Huge quantities of networked sensors have appeared in cities across the world in recent years. This information can be used by city leaders to create policies, with the aim of making cities “smarter” and more sustainable, but the data only tells half the story.
Do We Need More Smart Cities?
Learn how to design a city by understanding what the citizens need to get out of the city and making sure that those tools are provided to meet their needs.