Course: Smart Cities: Social Change Through Technology

Chris Mardon, the Chief Data Officer of the smart Hamilton program, discusses the open data initiative which has been set up to drive long term engagement, interaction and value creation …

In this week, you will hear from Michael Healy and Grace de Leon, from the smart Christchurch program, discuss how its innovation – ‘EQRnet’ – is being offered up as …

Sean Audain, from the Wellington city council, discusses how Wellington worked with the community to develop a resilience strategy and how the solutions and interventions were deployed. As you engage …

John Kinghorn from the smart Hamilton program sheds light on the smart LED program, the efficient use of assets, how technology has aided replacement of ageing infrastructure and more. This …

In this section, Grace de Leon and Michael Healy, discuss how the smart Christchurch approach of working with the innovation community, putting in place trials, using communication channels to engage …

Sean Audain from the Wellington city council discusses how the use of technology, data and digital reporting helped to inform the ‘craftsmanship’ to tackle an issue such as homelessness and …

This part of the course sets the context for the week ahead. Against the backdrop of community challenges and public service expectations such as traffic management, waste management, homelessness or …

Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand and is located on the North Island. Wellington has a population of around 200 000 people and ranks as one of the …

This part of the course introduces you to New Zealand’s third-largest city, Christchurch. Christchurch is located on the South Island of New Zealand and has a population of almost 400 …

Hamilton is a city on the North Island of New Zealand, located on the Waikato river. Hamilton consists of more than 160 000 people and contributes around 3.4% to the …

You will start to learn about New Zealand’s engagement with the concept of smart cities, its participation and role in an international network of countries and how principles such as …

Dr Anna Earl builds on the purpose discussed in the previous segment reflecting on the need to continuously focus on societal wellbeing through smart city initiatives. Dr Anna Earl poses …

In this segment, Professor Amy Fletcher reflects on how the smart cities discourse has shaped academic literature. Using some of the United States cities as examples, she delivers a distinct …

Smart cities across the world are benchmarked and ranked on various indicators. While these are useful, you need to draw on practices from the global experiences to meet your local …

Elle Archer, Independent Director, discusses the ‘why’ of the need to integrate technology and data with people and their aspirations. This essentially is what comprises a smart city. Activity Read …