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Moscow as a Smart City
Abstract In June 2018 McKinsey published a report “Smart Cities: Digital Solutions for a More Livable Future” where Moscow was mentioned as one of the top-50 smart cities [1]. It caused a lot of excitement from the governmental side, but this information did not come...
“Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design” a Book Review by Andreas Huemer
The design of a city strongly influences how people in the city feel and behave. Whether the result is intentional or not, urban design defines the future of a city and its residents. In his book "Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design", Charles...
Le Systeme De Transport Urbain Dans La Region De Dakar – Senegal : Contraintes Et Perspectives
La région de Dakar, qui occupe 0,3% du territoire national, abrite 22% de la population totale du pays avec une population estimée à 3 137 196 habitants recensée en 2013, soit près du quart de la population du pays et une densité estimée à 5 704 personnes/Km2, ce qui...
Smart Mobility as one focus area of the “Smart City Project in Dusseldorf “
How smart is Dusseldorf`s new mobility strategy? Duesseldorf is the capital city of the German state North Rhine-Westphalia and the center of the highly urbanized Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region. With a population of ~600.000 Duesseldorf has been very attractive to the...
Transportation and Smart Mobility Systems in Tbilisi
Background Region overview Tbilisi has undergone serious transformations in past 25 years and this process is still ongoing. Since its foundation in the 5th century AD, the city has shaped its appearance and developed its character, under the influence of numerous...
Mumbai Transportation System Transformation
Improvement of transportation conditions due to traffic congestion problems is high on the Indian government’s agenda for urban cities like Mumbai. India, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, is achieving a growth rate of 7.5% per annum. With a growing...
The challenge of the electric grid in “Grand Paris” project
Welcome in France! More specifically welcome to Ile-de-France, the Paris region. With more than 12 million inhabitants, Ile-de-France is the most densified region in France with a relatively stable population (+0.7%/year in average). It is also the most economically...
Case study: Displaying real-time bus occupancy levels in Seoul, South Korea
South Korea and Seoul: geographic and demographic overview South Korea is one of the world’s most densely populated and urbanized countries. Fully half the population of 50 million resides in the Seoul metropolitan region. “Smart City” has become a local buzzword, and...
Budapest Public Transportation System Transformation Towards the Smart City Concept
Background Budapest became a co-capital in 1873, when it was a part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. After some attempts to acquire independence Hungary found itself in the socialist camp of the USSR at the end of World War II. Finally, country became independent in 1989...
Grid Reliability in the Lower Mornington Peninsula Region (Victoria, Australia)
Introduction The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) is an agency of the federal government tasked with governing the rules of the National Electricity Market (NEM), the electricity grid covering the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, ACT,...
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