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A Planet of Civic Laboratories

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A Planet of Civic Laboratories — Presentation Transcript

SMART CITIES WILL BE…
GREEN
SAFE
CONVENIENT
(AND POSSIBLY)FUN
…IF YOU ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LIVE IN ONE

a planet of civic laboratories the future of cities, informationand inclusion
Anthony Townsend
Research Director
INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE
Presented at
Forum on Future Cities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
April 12, 2011

CURRENT VISIONS OF SMART CITIES
DON’T ADDRESS
THE NEEDS OF THE POOR
AND EXCLUDED

bugs in the smart cityis debugging a century-long project?

brittle intelligencecan we secure the underlying foundation?

surveillance societyare smart cities merely instruments of control?

SO HOW CAN WE MAKE SMART CITIES MORE INCLUSIVE?

mobile broadband
=
infrastructure for the marginalized

a supercomputer in every pocket?

open
government data infrastructure

envisioning pro-poor smart cities
13 solution templates for inclusion
www.iftf.org/inclusion

crowdsourced public servicesfrom reporting to action
“Gather the volunteers at your current location and come to E 17th. OK?”

participatory public services

continuous countingfrom the periodic census to on-demand surveys

data control

pro-poor interfacesre-inventing access at public computing centers

proliferating digital divides

???
Cisco, Shanghai, 2010
=
General Motors, New York, 1939

a battle for the smart cityis something we can’t afford

pro-poordoing things for the poor
para-poorworking with the poor
per-poorempowering innovationby the poor

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