Report 2014 SMART CITY EXPO WORLD CONGRESS 1 SCEWC 2014 5 2 Exhibition Global Partners Supporting Institutions Hosted by Organized by 3 Smart City Plaza Call for Solutions Partners’ Solutions Report 2014 10 12 16 18 18 20 22 24 4 Smart Activities Brokerage Event 1st Smart Cities Investment Forum Job Marketplace Smart City Open Innovation Marketplace SynergyS Internet of Things Big Bang
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Honors Study Guide 1.) Analyze the political climate, issues, and stakeholders in the Cobo/Edwards mayoral election campaign of 1949. Relate this election to the specific outcomes in the city of Detroit over the next decade and detail what you see as the lasting effects today. Edwards backed by auto union, supposed to win because he was black and pro public housing. Cobo won the election, even though he was white and for private housing. Edwards took side with the Brewster housing projects, declaring
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nevertheless concentrated in extractive activities. The city is the largest urban agglomeration in northern
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Critically asses the relevance of sustainability as a concept of understanding urban development Introduction Sustainability is the ability to maintain and retain a particular process in an existing system (Pieterse, 2004). The word sustainability has been used since in 1980s. Its application has been mainly on the human sustainability on earth, which has resulted in the term sustainability that forms part of the sustainable development concept. The term sustainable development means a kind of
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World Cities The global pattern of urbanisation: millionaire cities, mega cities and world cities • At a global scale, rapid urbanisation has occurred over the last 50 years. • Almost 50% of the world’s population lives in towns and cities. 19% of the world’s population lives in cities of more than 1 million people. • The most urbanised continents are Europe, North and South America and Oceania and the least urbanised continents are Asia and Africa. • The number of
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century, cities “grew up, out, and apart”. This means that in the city the buildings and businesses got bigger, and or taller. This includes a large amount of immigrants. With more immigrants, the city had to become bigger in order to house them. But soon after, many people left the city. They moved apart to live in the suburbs. They did this because they were tired of dealing with bad living conditions and even crime. Eventually though, the suburbs were getting so big that that the cities started
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June 26, 2012 (Harris) to help decide whether Pulaski County should sale alcohol. This is a big debate for the county for the many that approve there are just as many that disapprove. If the vote is wet, this could mean something really good for the city of Somerset and well as Pulaski County. The unemployment rates have proven to be lower in wet counties than in dry counties (Labor Force Statistics (LAUS - Unemployment Rates)). If the county has alcohol sales, bigger restaurants will want to relocate
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marks) Urban decline is the deterioration of the inner city often caused by lack of investment and maintenance. It is often but not exclusively accompanied by a decline in population numbers, decreasing economic performance and unemployment. There are many reasons for urban decline such as loss of industry through changing market conditions or a lack of withdrawal of government support, Political decisions – governments can favour some cities over others, and encourage the development of some areas
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“The effects of suburbanisation have generally been negative,” discuss. Suburbanisation is the decentralisation of people, employment and services from the inner part of the city towards the margins of the built up area. This like migration not only has an effect on the area people are moving too but also has an effect on the location people are leaving from. In this essay I will discuss and analyse whether the effects of suburbanisation have been generally negative and whether or not there have
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the i-cities block International cities Creating value and competitiveness for international cities NYC case ICT and connectivity Greta Nasi Bocconi University p. 2 An urban world Globalization and the knowledge economy have repositioned cities as drivers of national economies 2025: 75% of the world population will live in cities 2025: 17 of the world’s 25 largest cities will be in coastal regions in Asia 1925:25% of the world population will live in cities Greta
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