Suredis Cities contains observations, ideas and examples of how we can improve urban environments. Suredis Cities is linked to and supports the Urban 2.0 framework.
The 15-minute / quick access city is about providing people's core needs for general living within 15 minutes (or an alternate sensible timeframe, hence the term "quick access") of active mobility...
The Swiss management school IMD, which has a centre for Smart Cities called the Smart City Observatory, defines a smart city as “an urban area that has become more efficient and/or more environmentally friendly and/or more socially inclusive through the use of digital technologies. The goal of a smart city is to improve its attractiveness to citizens and/or businesses by enhancing and/or adding city services.”
A wide and extensive range of material about urban environments exists, in many different shapes and forms, and it continues to be augmented on a regular basis...
Good governance is key to the Urban 2.0 system - it underpins how a city or a town functions. It is closely linked to the urban model factor of having a mindset to achieve good places.
Innovation is more than ideas; it is about how ideas – new ones and those that already exist and are tested – are applied...
We know what we need to do, but do we have the funds to do it? Many cities and towns around the world are struggling to find finances for essential services, let alone to truly move their places forward with new thinking...
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