ResearchJul 2026· 12 min
The 2026 Philippine Smart City Index: who's leading, who's catching up
A first look at how 149 Philippine cities rank across governance, mobility, and climate readiness.
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The Future of Philippine Cities Starts Here.
Discover the technologies, policies, projects, and case studies shaping smarter, greener, safer, and more connected Philippine cities.
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Articles
81
Provinces covered
149
Cities
1,400+
Municipalities
500+
Technologies tracked
Smart city pillars
Sixteen systems that make a smart city.
Each pillar has its own landing page with technologies, projects, cities, and analysis.
Governance
Digital-first public service
Mobility
Move people, not just cars
Energy
Cleaner, cheaper, resilient
Water
Every drop, monitored
Waste Management
From waste to resource
Public Safety
Command-center cities
Healthcare
Care that reaches everyone
Education
Learning that scales
Housing
Dignified urban homes
Digital Infrastructure
Fiber, 5G, and beyond
Climate Resilience
Cities built to endure
Disaster Risk Reduction
Prepared, connected, ready
Citizen Engagement
Cities that listen
Urban Planning
Design with data
Finance
Fund the future
Circular Economy
Design out waste
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Reporting on the cities of tomorrow.
News, opinion, research and case studies from the Philippine smart-city ecosystem.
Case StudyJul 2026· 8 min
Inside Cebu's real-time flood sensor network
How a public-private partnership put IoT rain gauges across 80 barangays — and what it costs.
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InterviewJun 2026· 10 min
Ten years of the Makati Command Center: five lessons for LGUs
What the country's most-studied smart-city control room got right, wrong, and would do again.
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NewsJul 2026· 6 min
The Philippine EV charging map is finally getting real
500+ public chargers, six network operators, one messy standardization fight.
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ExplainerJun 2026· 7 min
Digital twins for Philippine LGUs, explained without the jargon
What they are, what they aren't, and where they're actually paying off.
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Cities
Featured Philippine smart cities.
Profiles of the LGUs leading the country's smart-city transformation.
Central Visayas
Cebu City
Digital hub of the South
Cebu964K
NCR
Makati
Command-center pioneer
Metro Manila629K
NCR
Taguig
Master-planned smart district
Metro Manila1.26M
Davao Region
Davao
Safe-city model
Davao del Sur1.78M
Projects
Smart projects in motion.
Ongoing and completed infrastructure and technology deployments across the country.
Climate ResilienceOperational
Cebu IoT Flood Sensor Network
Cebu City
Public SafetyIn progress
Makati AI-CCTV Expansion
Makati
EnergyIn progress
New Clark City Solar Microgrid
Clark
Public SafetyOperational
Davao 911 Emergency Response Upgrade
Davao
MobilityOperational
Iloilo Protected Bike Lane Program
Iloilo
GovernancePlanned
Baguio Tourism Data Platform
Baguio
LGU Planning Center
Plan safer, more resilient communities.
Official guidebooks, workflows, and templates for Comprehensive Land Use Planning and Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment — built for Philippine local governments.
Comprehensive Land Use Planning (CLUP)
The full 10-step planning workflow, DHSUD guidebooks, zoning ordinance guidance, templates, and sample CLUPs from Philippine LGUs.
10-step workflow12 resource categoriesZoning & templates
Open the CLUP center →Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA)
Hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and risk — with the full assessment process, worksheets, hazard data sources, and sample LGU outputs.
Hazards → Risk process5 exposure categoriesHazard data sources
Open the CDRA center →Every planning resource links to its issuing government agency — SmartCity.ph is not an official government source.
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Oct 08, 2026 · Cebu
LGU GovTech Forum
Aug 21, 2026 · Online
Climate-Ready Cities Webinar
Nov 15, 2026 · Davao
UrbanHack Philippines 2026
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