1. How do you envision the
city of the future?
Francisco Xu
IE application 2015
2. Cities and their problems
City
Contami-
nation
Crime
Quality of
life
Energy
3. Contamination
Bad air quality
Water pollution
Cities are untidy and
dirty
Lack of green and
parks
4. Contamination
• Bad air quality
• Water pollution
• Cities are untidy
and dirty
• Lack of green and
parks
5. Crime
• Discrimination
because of skin
colour, ethnic
origin or religion
• Violent crimes
• Property crimes
• Be attacked by
strangers
6. Quality of life
• High cost of living
and purchasing
• Non Affordability
of housing
• Rising crime rates
• Health system
quality
• Traffic (commute
times)
7. Energy
• Contamination
created in order to
get electricity
• Waste of energy in
jams
• Use of appliances
that are not
efficient
• Not enough use of
renewable energy
8. How do I envision the
future city?
Energy Security
Mobility Healthcare
The future
of cities
9. Energy
• More use of
renewable energy,
such as
photovoltaic panels
in buildings roofs
• Use of energy
saving appliances
• More green spaces
and parks
10. Security
• More use of
surveillance
cameras in the
street, as well of
facial recognition
software
• Implant or use of
tracking devices in
order to track
people
• Police robots that
replace humans to
avoid more
casualties
11. Mobility
• Cars that drive
automatically and use
only electric motors
• Creation of a
transport that travels
750 km/s between
cities(Hyperloop)
• Aerial magnetic
public transportation
to avoid traffic jams
12. Healthcare
• Use of
nanotechnology to
repair inside the
body
• Use of robots to
assist sick people
• Implants that detect
future health
problems on people
• Bionic implants
that replace human
parts that suffered
cancer
