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PARIS
Paris comes close with Vienna in this list from Europe, with
competencies in innovation, green technology and digital
governance as well. They have a successful bike sharing
program called Velib and a bunch of small electric vehicles
called Autolib.
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NEW YORK
Despite the low quality of life, New York fares in other
categories of being a smart city. Notable is IBM’s launch
in the city with their Business Analytics Solution Center to
address "the growing demand for the complex capabilities
needed to build smarter cities and help clients optimize
all manner of business processes and business decisions."
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LONDON
The capital city of the United Kingdom is well-known
of its sustainability innovations. To add to that is their
efficient mass transit system. It holds a promise towards
transport, government, business, academic and consumer
data efficiency through a smart city research center in the
Imperial College.
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TOKYO
Being the house of tech giants like Panasonic and Accenture,
among others, this Asian city is among the better cities
when it comes to innovation and digitalization. Tokyo
leans towards smart mobility solutions and also forwards
the use of green technologies in the suburbs.
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BERLIN
The inclusion of Berlin in this list is because of its green
technologies, innovation and quality of life. The city has
been talking with car manufacturers in electric vehicle
(EV) technology, which already includes vehicle-to-grid, or
V2G, a system that collects power from electric vehicles.
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