A presentation to the UK Government Office for Science describing the design thinking and awareness of urban design necessary for "Smarter City" technology solutions to improve lives, communities and economies in cities. Includes a set of early "design patterns" for re-applying successful "Smarter City" ideas in new contexts; and a high-level analysis of the market drivers and barriers that are determining the speed at which investment can be unlocked to apply these ideas in cities everywhere.
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Smarter Cities: design thinking and market forcesDr Rick Robinson AoU CITP FRSA, Executive Architect, IBM Smarter CitiesOpen Group Distinguished Certified IT Architect
Images captured by MRI scan by Shinji Nishimoto, Alex G. Huth, An Vu and Jack L. Gallant, UC Berkley, 2011 https://sites.google.com/site/gallantlabucb/publications/nishimoto-et-al-2011
Photo of Jan Scheuermann controlling a robot arm: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20731973
Kelvin Campbell’s “Massive / Small”http://engagingcities.com/post/5012064472/massive-small-the-operating-system-for-smart-urbanism Town plan for Edinburgh’s New Town from the JR James archivehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jrjamesarchive/ Photo of pedestrian roundabout in Shanghai, China, by Chris UKhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/_chrisuk/7580861928/ Photo of Masshouse Circus, Birmingham, before its redevelopment, by Birmingham City Councilhttp://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Planning-Management%2FPageLayout&cid=1223092740947&pagename=BCC%2FCommon%2FWrapper%2FWrapper
Photo of Jane Jacobs by Michèl Champagnehttp://www.mediamatic.net/104796/en/jane-jacobs-ideas-that-matter
Photo of Christopher Alexander by Eugene Kim http://www.flickr.com/photos/eekim/5686194142/
1. Broadband connectivity
2. Cloud computing3. Mobile and
smartphones4. Social media5. The touchscreen6. Open source software7. Intelligent hardware
8. Open APIs9. Open data10. Open standards11. Mundane interfaces12. Identity stores13. Maps and geolocation14. Social enterprise
15. Alternative currencies16. The “sharing economy”17. Information partnerships18. Regeneration & incubation19. Sustainable business20. Intelligent infrastructure21. Local energy22. Insight without certainty
Smarter City Design Patterns: http://theurbantechnologist.com/design-patterns/ http://theurbantechnologist.com/2014/07/01/12-simple-technologies-for-cities-that-are-smart-open-and-fair/
Data from parking, traffic, events, etc. enables future conditions to be predicted.
The effectiveness of “what-if” responses can be explored.
Parking Sensors & Meters
Cross-agency work can be planned and optimised.
Traffic Information Weather Events
Citizens and businesses can be updated and respond; travellers provided with predictive route and parking
services; shops able to respond dynamically and interactively.
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=PM&subtype=SP&htmlfid=GVS03037USENPhoto of York Road, Kings Heath, in the 2009 Kings Heath Festival by Nick Lockley http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicklockey/
Dr Rick Robinson AoU CITP FRSA, Executive Architect, IBM Smarter CitiesOpen Group Distinguished Certified IT [email protected] @dr_rick http://theurbantechnologist/com/