Let's build #SmartCities for ALL citizens, focusing on #poverty #inequality #foodinsecurity #housing.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined September 2016
- Tweets103
- Following53
- Followers213
- Likes1
#SmartCities are disrupting global systems but success requires diligence, #transparency and a commitment to scrutinize, assess and manage the opportunities and #risk forbes.com/sites/brianpeccar…
Human rights should be the guiding light for #Toronto's next Chief Planner huffingtonpost.ca/alan-broad… #poverty #inequality
Kinder #SmartCities are needed that prioritize the needs of poor children amidst rapid urban growth indianexpress.com/article/op… #poverty
New #blockchain initiative could lift millions out of #poverty with verifiable property records ft.com/content/c8a25f12-9bca…
Can #blockchain tech link the developing world with modern banking systems through #crypto platforms like @getbabb? globalcryptopress.com/2017/1…
Will @SidewalkLabs new Toronto #SmartCity spark an innovation renaissance or create a surveillance dystopia?
nytimes.com/2017/12/29/world…
Democracy advocates view #blockchain technology as a weapon against voter fraud manilatimes.net/blockchain-s… #elections #transparency
To truly benefit citizens #SmartCities must evolve into Wise Cities through holistic, decentralized political power structures thersa.org/discover/publicat… #inequality #democracy @theRSAorg
14 Boston-area cities team up to tackle affordable #housing crisis using #data smartcitiesdive.com/news/14-… #smartcities #bigdata #poverty
Interesting #SmartCity research paper highlights dangers and opportunities facing the future of urban #governance academic.oup.com/ppmg/advanc… @datapolis @albertmeijer #transparency
#MachineLearning mapping technique fights extreme #poverty by combining #phone records with satellite #data tribuneindia.com/news/scienc… #foodinsecurity #AI
#Blockchain will help land rights in developing world, while #crypto currency cuts corrupt middlemen out of humanitarian aid funding
um.dk/en/news/newsdisplaypag… #transparency @DanishMFA
Can #SmartCity technology help #Africa cope with overpopulated megacities? Rwanda and Nigeria are betting on it. cnn.com/2017/12/12/africa/af… @thevisioncity @mmd4d
#SmartCity deployments can get a federal #government boost in five key areas, according to the Center for @DataInnovation. statetechmagazine.com/articl… #infrastructure #collaboration #data @StateTech
Why is Google sibling firm @SidewalkLabs building a connected #SmartCity within #Toronto? It's all about the #data. wired.co.uk/article/google-s… #bigdata @SidewalkToronto
3 models will dominate #SmartCities of the future: the private sector firm controlling city services; the smart public sector promoting the greater good; or a 'repair and share' voluntary association-driven world publicsectorexecutive.com/Pu… @futurecitiescat #transparency
France enables #blockchain platforms that trade unlisted securities with no middlemen #fintech
usnews.com/news/technology/a… #smartcity
If there is no room for the poor, who are #SmartCities for? #inequality #poverty channelnewsasia.com/news/asi…
In the race to build #SmartCities, is #accessible and #disability inclusive planning falling behind? blogs.worldbank.org/sustaina… #IoP #inequality @Ede_WBG @GFDRR #resilient
Canada's #SmartCities Challenge will unleash huge amounts of municipal #data therecord.com/news-story/797… @INFC_eng #opendata #SmartCitiesCanada