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On measuring cities: data coverage, rankings, frameworks and the agents that keep them current.

AI & Cities18 March 2026 · 5 min read

AI agents are replacing manual city surveying

Traditional city surveys take months, cost a fortune and go out of date almost immediately. AI now keeps the picture of a city current all year round — and shows its sources.

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Rankings22 June 2026 · 5 min read

What the IMD Smart City Index misses: most cities

The IMD Smart City Index ranks 148 cities on how roughly 120 residents each feel about them. Respected work — but if your city isn't on the list, you're invisible. There's another way to be measured.

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Frameworks4 July 2026 · 5 min read

How cities are measured: making sense of smart city rankings

Smart city rankings rarely agree, because they measure different things. What the main approaches actually look at — and why scores you can check matter more than league-table headlines.

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