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EDITORIAL >

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  Editorial
  

  EU adoption of harmonized rules combined with developments in electronic tagging has made it easier for citizens and their pets to enjoy freedom of movement within the Union....
  

SPOTLIGHT >

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  Regional approaches to competitiveness
  

  Of all key industries, manufacturing is among the first to have totally transitioned in light of a global playing field, with competitiveness hardly being defendable on the basis of pure technological supremacy: skills and expertise are easily transferrable and IP is difficult to protect....
  

SMART CITIES >

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  UN drives for urban equity
  

  A focus on the United Nations World Urban Forum, drive for ‘Urban equity in development’ — which looks at practical and sustainable ways of creating more inclusive and compact cities that address complex issues like inequality, population and infrastructure.

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  Facebook maps migration
  

  A study of ‘between-city coordinated migration’, examining aggregate, anonymized data on all Facebook users who list both their hometown and their current city on their profile

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  Piloting better road transport
  

  An overview of how the EU-funded Straightsol project which is trialing new systems and solutions in a series of pilots for improved city transport, with a focus on better, safer and more efficient parcel and freight delivery

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  Driving future mobility
  

  Challenging the convenience of mobility by car as an option, as cities increase in density, impacting on quality of life.

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  Interview with Elkin Velasquez, UN Human Settlements Program
  

  Elkin Velasquez Director of the Regional Office for the Caribbean and Latin America - UN Human Settlements Program, expands on how an enabled environment for ICT through policy, planning and good governance allows for collaboration and consequently improved urban life.

DIGITAL COMMUNITIES >

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  Changing public perception
  

  Hundreds of new cities will emerge over the next 20 years, while those already in existence will continue to grow. A study on the issues of safer cities and how urban leaders can draw community support for surveillance programs

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  Connecting modern enterprise
  

  An in-depth look into authentication factors, use cases and best practices for securing IT infrastructures and protecting them from data breaches

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  Protecting digital infrastructures
  

  A study on the requirement for a mix of well thought out policies and up-to-date technologies to protect digital infrastructures and their data in a mobile or portable context

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  Interview: Juma Assiago, UN Habitat
  

  Juma Assiago, Urban Safety Expert with the UN-Habitat’s Global Network on Safer Cities, expands on the role of creativity within smart and secure cities to allow populations to see innovations and systems working for them in their urban environment.

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  Connecting networks
  for public safety
  

  An exploration into how emergency services IP networkS (ESIN) and map based location technology can automatically locate and identify mobile device users

NEWS ROUND-UP >

• Urban Security News

• Cassablanca’s bus network goes smart

• New York fires up big data

• Smart expands LTE service across Metro Manila

• Singapore meets city demands

• DHS research contract to improve critical infrastructure protection

• Alliance urges use of smart cards for ID ecosystem security

• Companies debut cyber IPS SOLUTION

• Cloud Computing growth sees rise in need for network security