10 Smartest Cities In The World
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These are the top 10 "smartest" cities in the world according to their scores in 4 global categories: Innovation, Green Ranking, Quality of Life and Digital City. Subscribe to The Daily Conversation http://bit.ly/WZnLnd Join the conversation on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thedailyconversation Add TDC to your circles on Google+ https://plus.google.com/100134925804523235350/posts Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/thedailyconvo Top 10 Smartest Cities In the World http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679127/the-top-10-smart-cities-on-the-planet These are the top 10 cities in the world: 10. Barcelona - The city is a pioneer in smart city and low-carbon solutions. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/5238702708/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/d2k6/5047947055/lightbox/ 9. Hong Kong - The city has also been a leader in the use and adoption of smart cards, which are already used by millions of residents for services like public transit, library access, building access, shopping, and car parks. http://www.flickr.com/photos/barbara-pictures/6325401535/lightbox/ http://www.shenzhen-standard.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cards.jpg 8. Copenhagen - The city has committed to carbon neutrality by 2025 and 40% of its citizens regularly commute via bicycle. http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiquinho/5104211285/lightbox/ 7. Berlin - Berlin is testing out vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies in the hopes of creating a virtual power plant from electric vehicles. http://www.flickr.com/photos/amira_a/6938788006/lightbox/ http://bioage.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/05/emobilityberlin.png 6. Tokyo - The city will create a smart town in the suburbs in partnership with major industry. The eco-burb will contain homes that integrate solar panels, storage ba tteries, and energy efficient appliances all connected to a smart grid. http://www.flickr.com/photos/oimax/2165150601/lightbox/ http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DHyeKGq6Rdk/Teour9iJn_I/AAAAAAAAASs/MvHmQT4BZT8/s1600/smart%2Btown%2Bpanasonik.jpg 5. London - also scored relatively high across the board. London has been well-recognized for some of its sustainability innovations (i.e. congestion tax) and its robust transit system. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/2781270743/lightbox/ http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Citroen-DS3-congestion-charge-free.jpg 4. New York - New York scored higher than most other cities in the ranking in all of the categories except of quality of life, where it ranked a poor 47th. It has teamed with innovator IBM to help the city prevent fires and protect first responders as well as identify questionable tax refund claims--a move that is expected to save the city about $100 million over a five-year period. http://daily.captaindash.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NYC-skyline1.jpg https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/retail/resource/BLOGS_UPLOADED_IMAGES/NewYorkCity2.jpg 3. Paris - Paris already has a highly successful bike sharing program, Velib, and just last month, its mayor launched a similar model for small EVs called Autolib. http://www.flickr.com/photos/agawdilim/268129214/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosimoes7/5373371934/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscojgonzalez/6651552989/sizes/l/in/photostream/ 2. Toronto - smartest city in NA, scored well across the board, it is an active member of the Clinton 40 (C40) megacities, which seek to transition to the low-carbon economy. The private sector is getting in on the action too, setting up a Smart Commute Toronto initiative to increase the city's transit efficiency. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilker/137179476/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dexxus/2721928484/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dexxus/2624265878/lightbox/ 1. The smartest city in the world is Vienna - Vienna was the only city that ranked in the top 10 in every category. It is establishing bold smart-city targets and tracking their progress to reach these goals with programs like Smart Energy Vision 2050, Roadmap 2020, and Action Plan 2012-2015. A smart city is defined as using information and communication technologies to be more intelligent and efficient in the use of resources, resulting in cost and energy savings, improved service delivery and quality of life, and reduced environmental footprint--all supporting innovation and the low-carbon economy. The rankings were determined by the cities scores on 4 global categories: Innovation, Green ranking, Quality of life and digital city.
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where is dubai
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Hi. I am probably getting too serious here, but in this video, it is unclear about the criteria used for defining a smart-city. You just show some examples in random cities. Argumentation should start here, and define criteria used to establish a relevant list of cities that fit the best with criteria. How about energy consumption and renewable energy production? For example, why would you put Tokyo on the list when considering the lack of insulation of Japanese building and the huge resulting energy loss? Its not really a green city either... not that I don't like Tokyo, it is just and example. But I don't like Tokyo.
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I live in Waltham. Only 7miles away from Boston. I'm 9yrs old.
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It totally depends on the person. There are plenty of dumbasses in New York.
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TOKYO should be no.1
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I did spect tokyo was #1
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Portugal 100% LED lights in the streets..and 75% eco energy, best fresh food in the world, you have a 125 years old trams in service...Did you visit Portugal????
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wait Tokyo is number 6?
I went there and its just another world -
you Don't know the definition of smart
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Um...Singapore?
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Boston?
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american cities are full of teenagers and texters. paris is not smart. you chose cities only a barbie movie would take place. except barcelona.
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Oh my gosh
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where is Dubai ?
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Seoul can't be in this list you S. Korean guys stop Seoul thing. Seoul is one of that city who have most pollution so even smart technology can't reduce pollution.
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are you kidding?where seoul? transporttion card made by s.korea. transporttion card world frist used city is seoul. south korea internet speed is world no.1
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Ich muss mal Wien besuchen...
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European nations ask korea and japan to help them in smart technology.
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seoul nos 1
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i live in barcelona!
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