This presentation is a submission to the IE Business School for an application of GMBA (October 2016). The aim of the presentation is to provide a possible vision of the future megacities, in the light of recent economic, technological and environmental developments.

1. L. How do you envision the city of the future?
IE Business School: GMBA Admissions
Mudassar Rasul
07/10/16 1

2. Urbanisation:
• The United Nations reported population rise of 9.6 billion by
2050. Whereby, 66% of global population living in megacities.
• The key is to envision transformation of the megacities into
self-sustainable smart cities of the future.
• The path from imagination to lucidity is critically dependent
upon five distinct sectors;
– Infrastructure
– Transportation
– Medical Advancements & Emergence of Bionics
– Technology & Interconnectivity
– Self-sustainability

3. Infrastructure:
• Eco-City: Harmonising modern architecture with ecology,
naturally reducing the carbon foot-print of the city.
• Air-Quality: Widespread use of smog filters to purify air
quality of the cities.
• Track supply and demand by RFID and sensory equipment to
avoid wastage in populous cities.
• Smart building materials such as bioreactor façade, using heat
generated by algae to insulate buildings and housing.

4. Transportation:
• With adequate infrastructure, wide use of flying cars within a
megacity. AeroMobil is already testing successful prototypes.
• Hyperloop: pressurized capsule travelling at 700mph reducing
travel-time between Inter-connected megacities.
• Utilisation of photo-luminescent powder on road markings to
allow for visible demarcations avoiding casualties in dark.
• Utilisation of smart concrete, able to conduct small amount of
power, allowing for melting snow during adverse weather.

5. Medicine & Bionics:
• Ability to perform delicate surgical procedures
through robotics while miles away.
• Monitor health and fitness through Internet of
Things (IoT).
• Advancements in skin and tissue culture to
replace dead cells.
• Integration of Bionics to assist towards injuries
leading to paralysis and amputations.

6. Interconnectivity:
To create an interconnected city a society must be informed, in
that a interconnected city must contains;
• Strong financial and technological establishments & services.
• Reliable data-privacy and cyber security measures.
• Readily available access to state-of-the-art healthcare system.
• Mobile hospitals and advanced emergency dispatch services.
• Available and open platforms for technological innovations.
• Freely accessible city-wide Wi-Fi.

7. Self-sustainability:
• Megacities to self-generate power through use of renewable
energy sources such as wind, solar, tidal and fuel-cells.
• Self-sustained housing generating power off from grids and
able to sell power back through wide use of smart meters.
• Material scanning tags making it easier to differentiate various
materials during recycling process.
• Next generation batteries to store excessive energy.
• System of driver-less pods/taxis.

8. In the end, “The future belongs to those
who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
(Eleanor Roosevelt)”

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