Tag: Smart Cities

London’s population will increase by another 700,000 people by 2020 to more than nine million and electricity demand is still rising between 1-4 percent a year. We must invest in the capital’s infrastructure to deliver more secure, cheaper and greener energy. The Mayor knows that securing London’s energy future is as vital as the current neo-Victorian investment in the capital’s transport infrastructure and delivering the hundreds of thousands of homes to house our burgeoning population.

From intelligent traffic management to tech-savvy crime fighting, cities are on the cutting edge of smart growth. The latest issue of Cities Today magazine, a global publication designed for senior policymakers in urban development, features examples of “intelligent” systems throughout the world’s cities.