Summer Reading

Check out the articles in the journal called My Liveable City entitled “Climate Change Through a Smart Cities Lens” and “The Advanced Technologies of Slow Mobility” available via https://www.myliveablecity.com/issue/detail/designing-for-climate-change and https://www.myliveablecity.com/article/detail/the-advanced-technologies-of-slow-mobility/free

In “Climate Change Through a Smart Cities Lens” cities covered include Toronto, Melbourne, Curitiba, Taipei, Sunshine Coast (Queensland), Reykjavik, Coral Gables (Florida) and Dublin, Ohio. These global cities, towns and regions have been cited by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) as SMART21 cities and TOP7 communities. However, in some cases, they are also the top Intelligent Community model cities for the year across key indicators including connectivity infrastructure and data analytics, creating knowledge workers, building an innovation ecosystem, engaging and inspiring equitable distribution of prosperity and digital opportunities and building and sustaining a resilient economy, infrastructure and community. Cited are many examples of climate change solutions, methodologies, policies and practices that these communities exercise toward resolving local climate change and resiliency issues. ICF has rated over 200 cities globally since 1999. Learn more about these communities and others at https://www.intelligentcommunity.org/intelligent_community_network

In “The Advanced Technologies of Slow Mobility at The Advanced Technologies of Slow Mobility” the author looks at the rapidly evolving technology that will allow “slow mobility” to leapfrog into a more inclusive city of the future. The journal “ My Liveable City” is offering this latter article for free. If you would like a copy of the full journal on this theme, please go to https://www.myliveablecity.com/article/detail/the-advanced-technologies-of-slow-mobility/free