References

All references

Documents and data sources on smart cities, the urban environment, open data and standards. Tokyo comes first.

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  • Smart cityTokyo

    Tokyo Digital Twin Project

    The digital twin programme of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, with a 3D viewer, the roadmap and the materials of its study group.

    Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Bureau of Digital Services · in Japanese

  • Smart cityTokyo

    Smart city projects of Tokyo (Smart Tokyo)

    The list of projects towards Smart Tokyo, including the pilot areas and data use programmes.

    Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Bureau of Digital Services · in Japanese

  • Smart cityTokyo

    Tokyo 2050 Strategy

    The basic plan of the metropolitan government: a vision for the 2050s and the policies up to 2035.

    Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Office of the Governor for Policy Planning · 2025 · in Japanese

  • DataTokyo

    Tokyo Open Data Catalog

    The catalog for finding and downloading open data of the metropolitan government and the municipalities of Tokyo.

    Tokyo Metropolitan Government · in Japanese

  • DataTokyo

    Tokyo Data Platform (TDPF)

    The portal of Tokyo's platform for combining public and private data.

    Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Bureau of Digital Services · in Japanese

  • HeatTokyo

    Heat island countermeasures

    The state of the heat island effect in Tokyo, the countermeasure guidelines and the heat mitigation programmes.

    Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Bureau of Environment · in Japanese

  • ClimateTokyo

    Tokyo Climate Change Adaptation Centre

    Information on how Tokyo's climate is changing, its impacts, and adaptation to heat and flooding.

    Tokyo Environmental Public Service Corporation · in Japanese

  • ClimateTokyo

    Adaptation measures (Tokyo Climate Change Adaptation Plan)

    The adaptation plan of Tokyo and its measures by field: natural disasters, health, agriculture and others.

    Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Bureau of Environment · in Japanese

  • ClimateTokyo

    Zero Emission Tokyo Strategy

    Tokyo's strategy for net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, with its later updates.

    Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Bureau of Environment · in Japanese

  • Air qualityTokyo

    Air pollution map of Tokyo (real-time values)

    Hourly values of air pollutants at the monitoring stations in Tokyo, on a map and in tables.

    Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Bureau of Environment · in Japanese

  • MobilityTokyo

    Public Transportation Open Data Center

    APIs for rail, bus and air transport data, centred on the Tokyo area.

    Association for Open Data of Public Transportation · in Japanese

  • HeatJapan

    Heat Illness Prevention Information

    Observed and forecast heat index (WBGT) across Japan, and the heat stroke alerts in force.

    Ministry of the Environment, Japan · in Japanese

  • HeatJapan

    Heat island monitoring

    Long-term temperature change in the large cities and the heat island monitoring reports.

    Japan Meteorological Agency · in Japanese

  • Air qualityJapan

    Atmospheric Environmental Regional Observation System (Soramame)

    Preliminary values from air quality monitoring stations across Japan, with data download.

    Ministry of the Environment, Japan · in Japanese

  • Air qualityJapan

    Information on fine particulate matter (PM2.5)

    The environmental standard for PM2.5, the provisional guidance for advisories, and links to the measurements.

    Ministry of the Environment, Japan · in Japanese

  • ClimateJapan

    Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (A-PLAT)

    Projections of climate impacts and examples of adaptation by local governments and businesses.

    National Institute for Environmental Studies · in Japanese

  • ClimateJapan

    Adaptation to climate change

    The entry point to national adaptation policy: the Climate Change Adaptation Act, the plan and the measures against heat illness.

    Ministry of the Environment, Japan · in Japanese

  • Smart cityJapan

    Smart city (Reference Architecture and Guidebook)

    The Smart City Reference Architecture and the Guidebook, the basis of the city OS concept in Japan.

    Cabinet Office, Japan · in Japanese

  • Smart cityJapan

    Smart City Public-Private Partnership Platform

    Smart city projects across Japan, the support programmes and the working groups.

    Cabinet Office, MIC, METI and MLIT · in Japanese

  • Smart cityJapan

    Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation

    The national programme for digital implementation in the regions, including the data platforms of local governments.

    Digital Agency, Japan · in Japanese

  • DataJapan

    Data strategy

    National policy on the comprehensive data strategy, base registries and open data.

    Digital Agency, Japan · in Japanese

  • DataJapan

    Ouranos Ecosystem

    Japan's initiative for data collaboration across companies, industries and borders.

    Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry · in Japanese

  • DataJapan

    Project PLATEAU

    The national project that builds 3D city models and publishes them as open data.

    Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism · in Japanese

  • DataJapan

    Grid square statistics

    How the standard grid squares (JIS X 0410) are defined, and the statistics published on them.

    Statistics Bureau of Japan · in Japanese

  • MobilityJapan

    Open traffic volume data

    Traffic volume data for ordinary roads across Japan.

    Japan Road Traffic Information Center (JARTIC) · in Japanese

  • DataJapan

    Download of past weather observations

    Choose stations and a period to download observed temperature, precipitation and other elements.

    Japan Meteorological Agency · in Japanese

  • DataJapan

    G-Space Information Center

    A platform for finding and downloading public and private geospatial data.

    Association for Promotion of Infrastructure Geospatial Information Distribution · in Japanese

  • StandardsInternational

    ETSI GS CIM 009: NGSI-LD API

    All published versions of the specification of NGSI-LD, the API for context information.

    ETSI ISG CIM

  • StandardsInternational

    Smart Data Models

    An open programme of shared data models for smart cities and other domains.

    FIWARE Foundation, TM Forum, IUDX, OASC

  • StandardsInternational

    OASC Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms (MIMs)

    The minimal mechanisms that make data and services interoperable between cities.

    Open & Agile Smart Cities

  • StandardsInternational

    FIWARE

    The open source community around NGSI-LD platforms for smart cities.

    FIWARE Foundation

  • StandardsInternational

    Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) Version 3

    The vocabulary for describing data catalogs, the basis of interoperability between them.

    W3C · 2024

  • StandardsInternational

    OGC API Standards

    The family of standards for serving features, tiles and other geospatial data through web APIs.

    Open Geospatial Consortium

  • StandardsInternational

    ISO 37120:2018 Sustainable cities and communities: Indicators for city services and quality of life

    The international standard of indicators for city services and quality of life.

    ISO/TC 268 · 2018

  • Smart cityInternational

    United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC)

    The UN initiative that produces indicators and guidance for smart sustainable cities.

    ITU and other UN bodies

  • Smart cityInternational

    People-Centred Smart Cities

    A programme on smart cities that start from people, not technology.

    UN-Habitat

  • Air qualityInternational

    WHO global air quality guidelines (2021)

    The global guideline levels for PM2.5, PM10, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and other pollutants.

    World Health Organization · 2021

  • HeatInternational

    Heat and health (fact sheet)

    How heat affects health, who is most at risk, and the key responses.

    World Health Organization

  • HeatInternational

    Extreme Heat

    WMO's overview of extreme heat: trends, warnings, and heat and health.

    World Meteorological Organization

  • ClimateInternational

    IPCC AR6 Working Group II, Chapter 6: Cities, Settlements and Key Infrastructure

    The scientific assessment of climate impacts, risks and adaptation in cities.

    IPCC · 2022

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