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In Rotterdam entsteht ein digitales Ökosystem, das auf der Open Urban Platform (einer urbanen Datenplattform) basiert. Zentraler Baustein des Projektes ist das sogenannte Citiverse (von “citizen” - “Bürger” und “universe” - “Universum”). Hier können sich zukünftig Bürgerinnen und Bürger der Stadt informieren und aktiv an der sozialen, physischen und digitalen Dimension der Stadt mitwirken.

Um eine bessere Stadtplanung im Kontext von Flutkatastrophen und wachsender Bevölkerung zu gewährleisten, implementiert Durban den ersten digitalen Zwilling Südafrikas. Das digitale Abbild der Stadt ermöglicht dank 3D-Visualisierung und Modellierungen eine vorausschauende Stadtplanung. Der digitale Zwilling wird aus Bremen übernommen und entspringt der Städtepartnerschaft zwischen Bremen und Durban.

Ein Stadtviertel, das mehr Energie produziert als es konsumiert? Das verbirgt sich hinter einem positiven Energiedistrikt. Aarhus baut derzeit das Stadtviertel Gellerup zu einem klimaneutralen Bezirk um.

In diesem Podcast präsentiert Charlie Catlett das Array-of-Things-Projekt. Neben seiner persönlichen Rolle bei der Entwicklung und Umsetzung des Projektes gibt er Einblicke in die erfolgreiche Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Kommune und Forschungseinrichtungen.

In this episode of the ISCN podcast, Anita Klingel (PD) and Marlene Damerau (City of Gelsenkirchen) discuss the transformative potential of AI in cities.
The podcast explores the role of cites in the development of AI, the impact of regulations such as the EU AI act, and the German communal competence centre for urban AI (URBAN.KI).

Buenos Aires is a bustling and densely populated megacity. Nearly 14 million people live in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area - and the city continues to grow. The city started working with data and publishing open data early on. Recently, Buenos Aires developed the open-source tool Ciudad 3D to speed up urban planning and provide a more efficient and digital way for citizens to obtain building permits. And there is much more to come. We'll talk to Axel McCallum, Undersecretary for Administrative Innovation, about current and future projects and how to drive innovation in a city government.

Masaka is a booming city in Uganda. The city recently embarked on the journey towards becoming a more liveable and more resilient city. In this episode, we’re talking to Mayor Namayanja to hear how the city is achieving its goals – by planting trees, analyzing data and connecting with other African cities for better data governance.

Tiffany Davis is a seasoned expert in data and data governance for urban development. She worked as an Open Data Specialist in the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, advised the City of Baltimore and currently, she leads the AMALI Data Programme – an initiative to support cities in Africa in managing data for better urban planning and development.
In this interview, we’re discussing the role of data governance as a basis for every city and region to work with data.

Brian Bidolli heads the Redevelopment Agency of Norwalk, Connecticut. In a move towards more sustainability and resilience, the city released a sustainability and resilience plan (SRP) with the ambition to become Connecticut’s greenest city. Among the biggest resilience challenges that the city is facing are extreme heat events and storms, as well as rising sea levels. As priorities Norwalk has set out to improve access for citizens to the waterfront and to open spaces and parcs, but also the redevelopment and transit-oriented developments. The use of data and digital infrastructure is the bracket binding together all these efforts.