Environmental pressures also loom large. Many African cities face heightened climate risks, including flooding, drought and ...

Over the years, urban planning has changed in many ways. Factors like climate change and digital transformation have become pivotal determinants in how a city can be built efficiently. There’s a ...

Municipalities are increasingly incorporating smart city strategies into their development plans. But such projects don’t always include adequate cybersecurity safeguards against their complex, ...

Smart city innovation is accelerating—so fast, in fact, that distant visions of the future are now becoming present-day realities, transforming how communities live, work and play. At the heart of ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. World Cities Day is celebrated annually on 31 October and serves as an opportunity to promote the international community’s interest ...

One of the easiest and most overlooked ways states can jump-start a smart city strategy is standing in plain sight: streetlights. As one of the largest, most widely distributed infrastructure networks ...