URBAN EMERGE NEWS

There is a lot of hype around the term ‘smart city’ and its definition can be ambiguous. At UrbanEmerge, we refer to smart cities as those that use data and technologies to improve the lives of the citizens and businesses that inhabit them. Solutions based on Information and Communication Technologies that are augmented by data sharing and analytics, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence have enormous potential to empower city managers to help plan and develop, m

In their great book ‘Green Urbanism in Asia’, Peter Newman and Anne Matan suggest that green urbanism is the recognition that cities make the opportunities that change the world and we need green innovations to reduce emissions, pollution and resources consumption, enhance the environment and accommodate a rapidly increasing urban population. This is the shared philosophy behind UrbanEmerge; our purpose is to facilitate and co-create emerging urban solutions, emerging technol