Munich ranks first in Haselhorst Associates Consulting's 2023 Smart City Ranking. The Bavarian capital thus impressively demonstrates how to best manage urban transformation and create a good quality of life for its citizens.
More and more cities are working on developing urban data platforms. At the same time, however, many of these platforms are not yet available to the public. What many cities lack is a sound data strategy. This would enable them to ensure that the platforms are also resilient in themselves – and thus…
To what extent can urban data platforms make cities more resilient? Together with the LOEWE Center emergenCITY, we have compiled a nationwide status quo on existing platform variants and summarized what is important in platform development.
Which came first: smart cities or sustainability? In the context of the debate surrounding urban transformation, the pendulum seems to be swinging increasingly toward smart cities—a mistake, as our colleague Dr. Lucia Wright explains in an interview with Der neue Kämmerer.
Cities are key players in the fight against climate change. But how exactly can local authorities tackle persistently high CO₂ emissions? Our colleague Dr. Lucia Wright takes a clear stance in her article for Tagesspiegel Background.