smart communities

The Citizen Services Continuum: breaking down silos and eliminating fragmentation

Siloed systems can be bad news for local government service delivery and care continuity; a services continuum powered by integration

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From smartest street to smartest city – in one year

Newcastle City Council’s digital lead Jenny Nelson celebrates its recent national smart city award, reflects on the importance of collaboration and

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In any smart community, the focus must be on ‘community’

From the largest metropolitan cities to the smallest villages and hamlets, they all have one thing in common – human

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Seeking smarter solutions to traffic congestion

AI and IoT can help address an issue that affects us all – and improve everyone’s quality of life.  

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A bigger, brighter, smarter, digital future for Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Last summer’s IoT smart street project was just the first step in the city’s digital transformation. Setting the scene It

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Creating a frictionless town or city

Solving life’s niggles can transform lives and make communities smarter Feel the friction Picture the scene. You’re stuck in yet

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How can we create smarter, healthier, connected communities?

By putting health and care at the heart of transformation Skills shortages, shrinking work-forces, budget cuts, continual pressure to do

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Data is neither the new oil nor the new gold…

…and is only valuable when gathered correctly and interpreted accurately We’ve probably all seen data described as the new oil,

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The UK’s smartest street has made it a summer to remember for Newcastle

Jenny Nelson, digital lead for Newcastle City Council explains why smart communities are more about people than technology – and

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Bringing together the physical and the digital to create smart communities

This article was recently published by Capita ………. From towns to cities to villages, all communities are complex structures. This

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