We round up our main takeaways from smart city developments in 2019. We’d love to hear yours.
As ever, 2019 has been another fascinating year in the development of smart cities around the world. Sometimes it can feel as if progress is painfully slow while occasionally you worry that things are ploughing ahead a little too fast before the groundwork is in place.
Reflecting on the year’s biggest stories and trends provides an interesting insight into the general direction of travel as well as the things to look out for in the coming year.
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Cities have learned that residents offer an important real-world reality check on tech-centric and data-driven work.
The idea of smart cities was not on anyone's radar back in 2005, but New Orleans got a head start on data-driven decision making thanks to Hurricane Katrina.
After Katrina hit and the city's levees failed, the city started using data to improve and speed-up decision making to support the city's recovery.
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With rapid innovation taking place in the technological fields like- AI, IoT, data analytics, smart cities have been one of the fast-paced developments to occur using the above-stated technologies.
So, what exactly is a smart city? A smart city refers to an urban area that is well-equipped with basic infrastructure for providing its citizens a quality lifestyle.
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What happens when the sensor-imbued city acquires the ability to see – almost as if it had eyes? Ahead of the 2019 Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB), titled "Urban Interactions," Archdaily is working with the curators of the "Eyes of the City" section at the Biennial to stimulate a discussion on how new technologies – and Artificial Intelligence in particular – might impact architecture and urban life. Here you can read the “Eyes of the City” curatorial statement by Carlo Ratti, the Politecnico di Torino and SCUT.
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Dive Brief:
- The growth of smart cities will depend on data governance, and many cities are finding resistance to smart initiatives because of poor data management plans, according to a new report from consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
- The report outlines a "seven layer model" to data management: categories, consent, collection, anonymization, storage, access and monetization. Public and private firms that work with publicly-collected data as part of a smart initiative need to address all seven to ensure public buy-in.
- A key part of the model is designing a plan that "offers individuals an easy way to understand who will do what with their data, along with clear benefits to them." That, as well as anonymization and secure storage, can help assure residents they will be protected.
Weiterlesen: Smart city growth to depend on data governance: PwC report