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The City of Edmonton, Canada, is currently a finalist in the Smart Cities Challenge, launched by the Government of Canada in 2017. This article looks at some of the City of Edmonton’s key priorities in this process and how they used the opportunity to focus on the health and well-being of immigrants and newcomers.
Read MoreWhile assistive technologies have proliferated, researchers and developers have yet to develop sufficient standards for assessing these technologies’ and socio-urban implications. This article reviews uni-disciplinary attempts made thus far and provides four principles for moving forward.
Read MoreThe ‘smart city’ concept is no paradigm shift. But with the potential for real-time data to both transform governance and perpetuate social inequalities, the technology-centred projects associated with it warrant critical examination.
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