How do you envision the city of the future?

How do you envision the city of the future?

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  VISION of theCITY of FUTURE CITY of TODAY Humankind has always needed to seek for a shelter. «Cities are the places where people settle together and live better.» Aristothales, BC. Could such a simple definition is enough to define today’s cities? No… as cities always evolve. And our insight to change and reshape our environment will never fade away.
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  SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY POPULATION RESOURCE DISTRIBUTIONINFRASTRUCTURE … URBAN CHANGES VISION of the CITY of FUTURE CITY of TODAY WHAT DRIVES THE EVOLUTION of CITIES TODAY? To understand today’s cities, it is crucial to offer a vision for the cities of future. The drivers to change in our cities are interdependent and includes many factors.
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  VISION of theCITY of FUTURE CHALLENGES RAPID URBANIZATION  By 2020, more than 70% will live in cities. This was vice versa just 70 years ago. OVER POPULATION  Science and technology contribute human health and life span. In urban areas, reproductivity is much higher than rural. Global population is projected to reach beyond 9 billion by 2050. ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE  Extreme urban sprawl is considered as negative due to air and water pollution. Only 30% of the earth covered by forests which absorbs CO2. 3 billion tons of CO2 is released just because of deforestation as we expand to larger living lands and farmlands.  Human activities cause greenhouse gases trapped in atmosphere which has become 2 C warmer in last 30 years. Uncontrolled usage of fuel fossil have been destroying the environment seriously. QUALITY of LIFE  With the ambition for moving to big cities, people underestimate the drawbacks like higher occurrence rates of crime, how much time spent in traffic, declining affordability and purchasing power. Due to traffic congestion, citizens lose 89 hours in New York, 41 hours in Istanbul per year.  Healthcare availability in cities is another controversial topic affecting quality of life directly. AGING INFRASTRUCTURE  Most of big cities have inherited inefficient infrastructures from the 20th century or even earlier. Old sewage and waste management systems are not capable to meet today’s immense constructions and rampant industry.  Conventional rail networks and roads serve poorly far from the capacity needed. Centralized power grids seem not dynamic enough to meet energy requirements. TIGHTER BUDGETS and POLICIES  Prevailing range and availability of public services cannot satisfy modern citizens unless they are not rearranged and designed in line with contemporary phenomenon. To manage the entire budget is getting harder while the rate urban expansion is miscalculated.  Modernist decision-making approaches are likely to fail in administrating metropoles.
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  VISION of theCITY of FUTURE WHAT TO DO?  If growth and rapid urbanization continue straight-ahead, the cities will be replaced by slums…  The citizens of the future will be provided a great qualiry of life within a sustainable economy and environment. The world will survive as long as cities become smartand sustainable. DIFFERENT APPROACHES to BE IMPLEMENTED for THE CITIES of FUTURE KEY TECHNOLOGICAL COMPONENTS Internet of things: Devices, everyday physical objects are connected via internet and identify each other. Blockchain: Secured type of data structure with incorruptible entries, encryptions. Artificial Intelligence: Simulation of human intelligence deployed by algorithms. Robotics: An interdisciplinary branch of engineering and science, designs mechanisms for functional purposes. Sensors: Subcomponents or modules which detect the changes, events in environment.
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  VISION of theCITY of FUTURE SMART CITYInnovations will integrate the cities with each other and their citizens. MOBILITY Connected self-driving vehicles: Secure and safe travel experience. No more losing time for driving. Revitalize existing infrastructure and get informed instantly about next pace. Electric vehicles: Zero CO2 emission. Smart parking: Decline in traffic congestion since 30% of time is spent for finding free parking spots. Realtime traffic management: Cameras model the congestions and simplify the traffic. Decision support systems and derived insights bypass the flow via traffic lights and signals transmitted to vehicles and panels. Direction of the flow is shifted and vehicles are directed to freer paths. Reduced car ownership: Ultimate car pooling applications attract passengers surrounded with connectedness. Developed public transportation: Modular vehicles optimize the routes. This customization reshapes the circulating models where people do not need to wait timetables. Drone taxis and hyper-tubes People utilize air-traffic even in short distances. Intercontinental travelling is conducted within few hours, and even in minutes. A technological platform with an informational and operational network is established to optimize the processes and to bring solutions to each individual case of habitants.
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  VISION of theCITY of FUTURE SMART CITYInnovations will integrate the cities between each other and with their citizens. Networked concepts will ensure people's health. HEALTHCARE Microrobot pills: Very small-sized robots are swallowed circulating in body to monitor and send alert to personal doctors or hospitals. Humanoid hospital robots: Able to maintain almost every caring need of patient. Humanlike nurses replace many staff. Surgeon robots: Perform any surgical operations precisely with the ultimate accuracy. AI diagnosis: With the help of machine learning, disorders are identified successfully by algorithms and cameras. Bionic limbs and organs: Help people who suffer from organ loss and dysfunctioning Wearable sensors: Monitor people every second and trace almost any function. Confidential health-data: Blockchain tech is utilized to store and distribute patient’s sensitive data to relevant persons and institutions.
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  VISION of theCITY of FUTURE SMART CITYInnovations will integrate the cities between each other and with their citizens. Ultimate technology leads people live in higher comfort in shrinking living and common places LIVING PLACES and BUILDINGS Smart homes: IoT enables every home appliances are connected to each other. Devices are controlled via either smart phones and modelled via machine learning. Shrinking houses: Due to population growth, people live in smaller places yet, modular architecture enables quick customization and multifunctionalliving places. Self-sufficient buildings: Able to produce its own energy and optimize its consumption thanks to sensors and AI. Multipurpose building material like screen walls and solar panel windows create energy even + output. 3D-printed buildings: Giant printers allow democratic and contemporary architectural needs. Reduced lead time and simplicity for construction contribute to housing affordibility. Floating cities: Likely to be built for several purposes such as sheltering refugees. Extraterrestrial colonies: For tourism and early settlements to the Moon and Mars
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  VISION of theCITY of FUTURE SUSTAINABLE CITYInnovations will integrate the cities between each other and with their citizens. ENVIRONMENT and RESOURCES Vertical farming and landscaping: Allow heightening demand for food and green lands which also tackle with air-pollution. Decentralized grids: Virtual plants and autonomous power grids supply energy requirements dynamically in an optimized way. Renewable energy sources: Solar panels embedded to buildings and wind turbines create energy and this energy is stored and transferred reversely to technology of huge back-up batteries. Hydrogen becomes one major energy contributor. Waste management: Leftovers, garbage from houses are used to recirculate in material flow where waste turns to be supply material. Sewage is managed well to curb environmental damage risks. Early-warning system for disaster mgmt.: Environmental changes are monitored via sensors and cameras. This big data is analyzed through modelled algorithms and alerts are distributed to people in advance. The impacts of disasters like flood, earthquake are minimized. Smart irrigation systems: Data through humidity sensors and cameras is used to optimize irrigation patterns in farmlands via AI. A city with high-quality infrastructure and sufficient resources meets the expectation of its people without increasing environmental impacts and footprints.
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  VISION of theCITY of FUTURE SUSTAINABLE CITYInnovations will integrate the cities between each other and with their citizens. Future communities are empowered to make accurate decisions only by integrated organisations, platforms within sustainable economies. EQUITY and CITIZENSHIP Less borders: Self-sufficient cities as huge hubs become independent and live like countries E-governance Blockchain and abundance of smart devices eliminate several bureaucratic processes. E-voting is the main tool for elections. Open-democracy: Active participation in governance make the voice of individual louder via technologic and social platforms. Transparent administration: Any data is shared in a facilitated way for citizens. Industry 4.0: Robots and connected devices lead manufacturing with minimum human intervention. Thus, new occupational patterns are emerged. Start-ups: Anyone with an idea can attain business models and market it simply. Sustainable capitalism: Consumer habits are reshaped within framework of sharing models. Open-source data: Available open-data and platforms welcome any citizen for several opportunities like education. .
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  Without any doubtabout the existence of risks and questions such as unemployment, extend of AI, liability and privacy. Yet, I rather hold an optimistic vision for the cities of the future as long as we manage people’s anxiety and design human and robots intersect in a controlled manner. THANK YOU