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The Emerging Smart City

posted by azrael on Sunday July 27 2014, @10:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the ages-come-and-pass-leaving-memories-that-become-legend dept.

Hawkwind writes:

The [Woodrow] Wilson Center has a series of articles looking at the idea of the 'Smart City'. In addition to an introduction the 24 page pdf includes articles discussing New York, Ahmedabad, Sao Paulo, and Beijing.

New York: Though not as cutting edge as the gleaming digital solutions imagined by many smart city advocates, New York's procedure for public review of new development is a pragmatic example of how smart technologies can improve public participation in an important city process. 

Ahmedabad: Transportation is one of the biggest infrastructure challenges for cities at all stages of development; it affects all layers of society and can have tremendous benefits. It is also a challenge that the concepts and technologies behind "smart cities" are well suited to address.

Sao Paulo: While the transformation of Sao Paulo into a "smart city" - through the adoption of new technological tools and the expansion of physical infrastructure - is the order of the day for many stakeholders, what matters first and foremost for the future of the metropolis is its spatial reorganization, lest these new technologies become accessories to the chaos. 

Beijing: As urban agriculture becomes more popular, it's actively reshaping the urban and peri-urban spatial framework, breaking up the monopoly of concrete and strengthening rural-to-urban linkages.

What would be essential in your ideal next-gen smart city?

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 28 2014, @01:43AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 28 2014, @01:43AM (#74507)

    Marijuana will become semi-legal in many places. White trash drink lots of alcohol. They will hit on, I don't know about chatting up, white women. Yes sir, while inferior to the nigger, white trash is superior to many other minorities. After a major race war, I am sure white trash will expand their activities to compensate for the demise of the nigger.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 28 2014, @06:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 28 2014, @06:35AM (#74542)

    I can tell you one thing... niggers aren't necessarily black!

    I have seen about as many white niggers as black ones.