{"id":25204,"date":"2012-01-20T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=25204"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:27:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:27:39","slug":"urban-planet-smart-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/20\/urban-planet-smart-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Smart Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/20\/urban-planet-smart-cities\/shutterstock_81868390\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25205\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25205\" title=\"shutterstock_81868390\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/01\/shutterstock_81868390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/1679127\/the-top-10-smart-cities-on-the-planet\">Fast Company<\/a> asks: what makes a city smart? Boyd Cohen, author of this ranking of the top ten smartest cities on the planet, defines them as &#8220;cities [that] use information and communication technologies (ICT) to be more intelligent and efficient in the use of resources, resulting in cost and energy savings, improved service delivery and quality of life, and reduced environmental footprint&#8211;all supporting innovation and the low-carbon economy.&#8221; Find out which cities made the list, including a Canadian centre.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to <a href=\"mailto:www@spacing.ca\">www@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. Fast Company asks: what makes a city smart? Boyd Cohen, author of this ranking of the top ten smartest cities<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/20\/urban-planet-smart-cities\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Urban Planet: Smart Cities&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21759],"tags":[379,19198,19197,906,4657,13712,10185,99],"class_list":["post-25204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-author","tag-boyd-cohen","tag-communication-technologies","tag-energy-savings","tag-facebook","tag-fast-company","tag-twitter","tag-urban-planet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Urban Planet: Smart Cities - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/20\/urban-planet-smart-cities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Urban Planet: Smart Cities - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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