A Brief Note On The Urban Intelligence And The City 's Operating System

Life in the city is often chaotic and fast-paced. It is as quick as a television dinner. Often, people are forgetting the art of appreciation. Things go unnoticed like a pebble under a shoe, like sparkling windows on corporate buildings. Now, people are typically giving more time to their technological devices- which is not necessarily a terrible thing. If anything, it speaks more of an imbalance. There is a wider disconnect in every day social interactions (communications) and public spaces (location). It has been noted by a creator of public spaces, Goldberger, that people are “there but not there”. They have closed themselves off from experiencing what is right in front of them. For example, the average adult spends seven hours on a technological

Urban studies aims to develop an understanding the modern city metropolis. As Savage et al. have pointed out, the urban encompasses far more than just the physical city itself; understanding the city help us to understand many aspects of modern life (2003, pp.4). Many of its features, such as mass media and public transport systems have spread throughout society over the past century. Sociological studies of urban life began with the landmark publication of 'The City' in 1925 by sociologists Robert Park, Ernest Burgess and Louis Wirth from the University of Chicago, students of Georg Simmel who shared his belief that the urban environment changed man's

Welcome to Genezon, a city of 650-thousand people located in northwest Italy. We have created a city that not only maximizes safety and provides almost endless amounts of resources, but also a city that keeps in mind the happiness of the everyday citizen. Public space provides a plethora of benefits if used correctly, however, in the increasingly digital society, precise utilization will be key to success. Now in 2138, we have not only developed Genezon to be an independent, safe, and technologically advanced metropolis but also a culture-, society- and person-orientated public space experience.

The world has been evolving as quickly as the population has grown. As the years progressed, the habitual lifestyle has transformed from spread out house and land living to city and suburban occupation. Along with the living style, cities have progressed from just roads and buildings to multifunctional spaces with copious possibilities. Federation Square in the ‘heart of the city’ is an example of how a space in the city vastly contributes to the visual culture of Melbourne. Times Square in New York also displays how what was previously an intersection of roads, has been transformed into a visual landmark. Melbourne city had always lacked a functional public space ever since its birth.

Cities are generators of economic life and source of changes in the world. Thereby, Jane Jacobs in her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities puts into relief the role of cities on the social and economic levels, while denouncing the disastrous consequences of urban renewal programs. To that extent, in chapters 2 and 3, she discusses "The Uses of Sidewalks”, arguing that over all people need safety and trust in their city. Therefore, first she claims the necessity of keeping streets and sidewalks safe because they are the “vital organs” of cities (29). Secondly, she argues that the functioning of cities should be organized in order to foster human interaction in which “casual public

On the realization of the concept of Smart City, we can divide the cities around the

Chapter 1 of experiencing cities was all about the foundations of the constantly growing metropolitan city. It includes everything from facts about how fast our cities are growing to city as a state of mind. But the section that intrigued me the most was “symbolic interactionism and the study of city life.” symbolic interactivity means that people are the ones who play an active role in their environment. In other words the area you live in is going to be determined by the way you interact with others and how you live your life. This idea was not one that shocked me but allowed me to grasp a greater understanding as to why different cities are the way they are. For example, i’m from a small town in California with little to no crime. It is a pretty affluent area and people are pretty friendly. However you drive about 30 miles and you are now in one of the most dangerous cities in america, Oakland California. Here deadly shootings are a regular basis along with many other crimes. The citizens of these towns are usually right at the or below the poverty line. So to introduce this theory to me gives me a greater understanding as to why certain cities are dangerous and some aren’t. It simply

The contribution of this project to practices or a wider field of study will be positioned as an open exploration to expand the understandings of the human dimension in public space. Further, it aligns with the argument to situate city space to return the embodiment of physicality and senses of the human body. Lastly, the project purposes as an open discussion and new perceptions towards pedestrians or practices, to participate and discover innumerable potentialities for the future public

When Dubuque officials refer to the term a “smarter city”, they are meaning a city that is effectively managing its resources. A city who is taking part in the cloud computing project and using the Internet of Things to ensure that they are only using what is necessary. Collecting and analyzing usage data about gas emission, electricity, water, and energy. A smarter city distributes sensors across the city, including but not limited to homes, school and public utilities. Using this data to create useful reports which can be used in decision-making for the city to improve the quality of life in the area.

With such an instance, Simmel argues that human interactions become short and influential therefore missing the expressive and personal participation of small societies. The metropolis rise of physical stimulus intimidates the man into being coherent and influential in his social interactions. The individual will have to screen out much inducement to be able psychologically to manage with its degree. Therefore, the megalopolis mental life is essentially knowledgeable, not expressive (Simmel 33). Simmel argues that societies are confined to time, functioning on the chronometer. All aspects in the city are quantifiable, the qualitative value is decreased to quantifiable, and this produces whatever Simmel defines as nonchalant, which implies shallowness, dullness, insignificance and

In a book ‘The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety’, by Jane Jacobs, she abstract that ‘her basic notions of what makes a neighbourhood a community and what makes a city livable’ . She stated that ‘Great Cities are not like towns, only larger. They are not like suburbs, only denser’ . In her perspective of view, the great cities are differ from towns and suburbs in basic ways, they are full of stranger. Strangers are not only common in a public assembly, it even more common

In this essay, our primary discussion in this part will be around some specific examples on how urban data is being captured, from examples of 311 calls to interactive street displays like LinkNYC, how the newly collected data is shaping the urban planning process and aiming to solve wicked problems, and more detailed case analysis on LinkNYC, including the a proposed optimized outcome of deploying this new data collecting technology.

Perceiving the properties of the environment and then actively giving an action is the instinct of creatures. American psychologist Gibson developed the term Affordances about the perception of the animals to environment. It refers to the environment provides the opportunity for action; means what environment affords is what animal perceives (Gibson, 1979). The interrelationship between people and environment is inseparable, including objects, space, society, and city/urban. "At the beginning of the twentieth century some 10 per cent of the world’s population dwelt in towns or cities. […] By the year 2030 over 60 per cent of the world’s population will be urbanized" (Parker, 2015, p1). According to the information of the urban population, people constructed the cities and cities will be extended to fit the population. How to recognize a city? What kind of medium affects the relationship of people, society and cities, and changes the shape of them Simultaneously? Calvino takes the observation of the real city to represent in the description of his novel (1978).

Designing a city from scratch is a remarkable thought experiment but ultimately fails at implementation because we always approach it from the perspective of “how can we create a new city that solves problems of existing cities.” It’s less a process driven by design and more by critique. Urban living has paved its way into modern society, yet the vision for a city has changed over time. Large settlements need planning to grow; yet differences in minds is what leads to the modifications of a city, in return makes a city so unique. Alterations in opinions are what thrives urban life, still these differences are what skews the view of how others see a city compared to myself. They say the eye of the beholder deems beauty; this could explain

The use of IoT has already impacted the way cities operate. The term smart cities, is used to describe a city that possesses an IoT oriented infrastructure. “In a smart city, the digital technologies translate into better public services for inhabitants and better use of resources while reducing environmental impacts”. [3] For a smart city to be feasible, IoT must provide intelligence, interconnection, and instrumentation. Wi-Fi-enabled smart devices and low-cost sensors are components of the smart city and allow devices a way to communicate with the public via the internet. These devices collect real-time data, which not only improves the lives of residents, but transforms several sectors of public service as well. Transportation has been revolutionized by smart traffic management systems which gather data from an array of magnetic road sensors and hundreds of cameras. The result is less delay at major stop lights and increased travel speeds, because enabled drivers can see which lights are busy and monitor these areas for other vehicles and pedestrians. To lower traffic and driver search times for parking spots, parking sensors that detect parking-spaces for drivers are installed in major cities. Street lights use a method of energy saving known as adaptive lighting which enables them to determine their brightness setting, appropriate for a given situation. The smart city solution to conserving energy is through smart girds. A smart grid serves several energy management