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- 1. Smart Cities, Latin America Medellin Santiago Rio De Janeiro
- 2. What makes a city smart?
- 3. MEDELLÍN: A CITY THAT WENT TO REHAB
- 4. MEDELLIN WAS THE MOST VIOLENT CITY IN THE WORLD SINCE THE 90’S: HOMICIDE RATE HAS DECREASED BY 95% EXTREME POVERTY BY 66%
- 5. THE FURTHER UP THE MOUNTAINS YOU GO •The population gets poorer •The are farther away from services of all kind •The crime rates get bigger •The organized crime infiltration is deeper
- 6. When does the spark of innovation start to happen? •Metro •Cable Car •Libraries •Schools •Integral urban projects
- 7. How did the integral urban plans - the PUIs - work in practice? •Multi-neighborhood intervention plans •A form of highly participatory and contextualized slum upgrading •Focus on critical areas •Major impact on overall indicators •Coordinated interventions – collaboration with communities
- 8. Santiago Capital and biggest city of Chile
- 9. Background •Air pollution problems •Traffic congestion •Urban Sprawl
- 10. 90’s/00’s initiatives •Legislative measures to reduce industrial pollution •Vehicle restrictions on cars •Transadiago: Expansion of Metro - Buses underwent a major reform
- 11. 2010 onwards: Becoming smarter •Metro is has the highest per capita use in the region. •Smart Cities Project sets energy saving as a priority. •Start-Up Chile welcomes inhabitants‘ involvement. Santiago is according to MERCER ranking (2016), amongst the highest ranking cities in South America, for quality of living. Αlso, it was ranked amongst the top 20 in the world for its entrepreneurial ecosystem. But sure has more to do in the future, in order to offer its inhabitants a better quality of life
- 12. Rio De Janeiro ‘’A city on the Path’’
- 13. Rio de Janeiro: ‘’A city on the path’’ •Rio is building up towards the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics •Improved transport means •Video streams in from subway stations and major intersections in order to predict and alleviate traffic jams •A sophisticated weather program predicts rainfall across the city (Using sensors in the hillsides combined with meteorological data and new communications tools, the integrated center is equipped to predict mudslides and warn communities in advance)
- 14. Eduardo Paes, left, mayor of Rio de Janeiro, at the scene of a building collapse in January. Rio's new operations center coordinated the emergency response, as agencies alerted hospitals, dispatched ambulances and closed streets.
- 15. Rio de Janeiro: ‘’A city on the path’’ •A map glows with the locations of car accidents, power failures and other problems •Special police units have moved into about 20 slums, called favelas, in an effort to assert government control and combat crime •Another ongoing project involves hiring local teenagers to take digital images of problem areas in the favelas in an effort to create a digital map of hot spots and enabling city staff to begin tackling challenges such as removing accumulated trash which attracted mosquitoes and contributed to higher incidences of dengue fever.
- 16. Any Questions & Comments ? Christina Charalampidou Marieta Christopoulou Efi Tzoumani Cultural Marketing Course: Smart Cities Project /Ass. Prof. Betty Tsakarestou