UBM's Future Cities

New Yorkers are living longer than anyone else in America thanks to smart city strategies and policies that have nothing to do with IT.

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Physical security information management (PSIM) is catching on with large cities intent on coordinating multiple surveillance, monitoring, and dispatch systems.

Chicago has launched a Broadband Challenge to harness ideas from residents, businesses, and telecoms on how the city can become a digital capital.

Cities have the opportunity to lead the effort to halt climate change. A few are serving as examples. More need to follow their path.

The unemployment lines are longest in these top 10 US cities. Here's why and what's being done about it.

In Part 2 of our interview with Manny Diaz, the former Miami mayor discusses the ways US political partisanship is hurting our cities.

Transport for London (TfL) is using data and analytics to improve public transit in the city. Today's applications provide a glimpse of what will be possible tomorrow.

The much-anticipated release of City Protocol at the recent World Congress in Barcelona left much to be desired.

Manchester, once known as Cottonopolis, is seeking to become one of the most technologically advanced cities by 2020.

In talking about cities and energy efficiency, two questions come to mind: Why don't cities do more to realise opportunities? And what does it take to optimise investment here? Now, these aren't easy questions to answer, but...

Yale professor A. Mushfiq Mobarak addresses the difficulties of getting urbanites to change their toilet habits.

Despite Mayor Bloomberg's initial reluctance, New York City has all but shutdown in preparation for Hurricane Sandy.

With changing weather conditions, crop volatility, and food price inflation, six- and eight-legged creatures could be just the ticket to low-cost, high-quality protein for millions.

Urban areas face a great risk of flooding. Forward-thinking cities are planning for the worst with predictive analytics and even floating infrastructure.

A look at the 20 individuals who are leading the global cities movement.