IE International MBA Application. Candidate: Gim Eduardo Palacios Lau

1. How do you envision the city of the future?
Gim Eduardo Palacios Lau

2. Executive Summary
“The city of the future is a city that cares about its citizens and integrates its
citizens.”
-Eduardo Paes (Politician)
Main Characteristics:
IntegratedSmart
Alternative
Resources Multifunctional

3. Gardening: Sensors measuring humidity,
weather forecast, availability of water, and
temperature will employ necessary resources to
maintain green areas.
Grids: Optimization of power by providing
necessary electricity when and where is needed
Urban Lighting: Intensity of light adjusted to the
amount of people in the street
Waste management: Organize truck routes
according to waste type, quantity, and frequency.
City Functionality
Smart

4. Transportation
Integrated public transportation
system: Connect all public
transportations (trains, ferries, rails, and
busses)
Smart
Traffic Management: Provide real time
information about congestions,
accidents, and road closures. It will
manage automatically the traffic lights in
order to reduce congestion to the
minimum

5. Smart Parking: System that alert
drivers where is a free parking slot
reducing CO2 emissions, time and
combustible.
Transportation
Smart
Driverless Cars : Cars will not require
a driver from certain predetermined
destinations reducing the quantity of
car accidents, traffic jams, and
increase the time available for
passengers.

6. Interconected devices capable to provide real time
information, receive voice and remote orders, and adjust
the surroundings according to the user’s preference.
Smart Sensors
Cooking
Track perishables
stock and status
Possible Functionalities:
Security Performance
Improvement
Monitor surroundings
and alert in case of
warnings
Reduce over
consumption of
water, heat and
electricity
Integrated

7. .Recyclable Technology:
Bins capable to sort waste,
compress and recycle
more, producing more
energy
Alternative Resources
Water Treatment:
Innovative, new, and
improved alternative of
water sources such as
affordable desalination
Greener Buildings:
New architecture designs
focused in being greener in
order to reduce CO2
New Energies:
Alternative energy
resources such as solar
panels and wind turbines

8. House Furniture: With the population
increase, smaller spaces will be the
trend in cities. Adjustable and
multifunctional furniture will be available
to use the most of the space.
Communal Shelters: Unused spaces in
cities will provide an alternative, fully
equipped shelters against natural
disasters.
Multifunctional

9.  Urban planning has to integrate smart systems and technology to
improve citizens’ quality of life
 Global warming and climate changes are strong indicators of human
impact on earth. We need to develop greener and self-sustainable
urban models to reduce this impact.
 Central and local governments need to work on alternative resources
to anticipate the lack of primal sources such as oil and coal while
decreasing our carbon footprint. There is a need for more private-public
partnerships (like in Singapore) to build the 21st century city.
 The increase of urban population obliges us to not only work on space
optimization but also on decentralization - are megalopolis such as
Mexico, Jakarta or Manila the model of the future?
Conclusion