This document discusses approaches to urban planning and smart cities. It outlines expectations and disappointments with past smart city initiatives, and proposes a new stage of public-private partnerships and grassroots involvement to create innovative technologies that address real urban issues. Specifically, it presents the example of Bristol, UK, which has established an open data initiative between the city and university, invested in high-speed communication infrastructure, and created co-working spaces to foster start-ups that use data and wireless networks to develop localized solutions.

1. MOSCOW URBAN FORUM 2017
UPDATING PRINCIPLES AND
APPROACHES TO URBAN
PLANNING
President & Chief Executive Officer
Michi Creative City Designers Inc.
Michinaga Kohno
michi@michi-city.com
7 July, 2017
Senior Research Fellow
School of Science and Technology, Nihon University
ROUND TABLE

2. Expectations and Disappointments on Smart Cities
Expectations Disappointments The New Stage
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 Difficulties in viable business
models
 Saturation and tiredness in
saving
2008 - 2012
New industries
2012 - 2015 2014 -
 Identification of real
problems of urban lives
 Approaches with
residents’ eyes
 Change in roles of
stakeholders
Quest for real
benefits for
residents
Concepts by major ICT
enterprises
Turn-key solutions
for all
Energy management
services
 Distrust by local government
onto industry
Expensive but no solutions on
city issues
Two stereotypes of
“Smart Cities”
 Energy-biased
 ICT “connected”-biased
 Start-ups
 Open data by
governments
 Innovative technologies
Cities to create
innovation

3. PPP
New Model of Stakeholders on Smart Cities
Federal Government
Example:
Better Community
Alliance (USDOE)
Financial support on
pooling of experts
Residents’
Communities
University Municipality
Industry
Startup in
Residence
Research with city as the
fields
Capacity building
Localized rules
Provide local governments
with technological vision and
experiences in other cities
Request of advices
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Grass-root Activists
Identification of problems
and assembly of solutions

4. Leaking of Solid Functions over Cities
Offices in the past
Enclosed rooms with
office furniture
Mobile Devices
 Laptops
 Tablets
 Smart phones
Wi-Fi
Streets, Squares
and Parks
Mixed Use
The location where
you are is your
office, school or
hospital.
 Streets were used for going somewhere else, but now are
used for meeting and talking with others, and have become
the cradle of innovation.
Sustainability
Less transportation
Resilience
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5. Back-up

6. Bristol, UK (1)
Bristol Is Open
Venture between city and university
University of Bristol City of Bristol
Open data by
municipality
Grass-root activities
Knowle West Media Centre Ideas for Change
Bristol Approach to Citizen Sensing
Use of data
High-Performance
Communication
Technologies Arrangement
Investment on
communication
infrastructure

7. Bristol, UK (2)
Investment on communication infrastructure
 High-speed optical fiber network
City purchased ducts for cable TV in 1970s.
 IoT (Internet of Things) mesh
1,500 street light poles are equipped with communication and
sensor modules
 “Wireless Mile”
 Various wireless connections are available along old
warehouses, converted into labs for start-ups
IoT Mesh
Wireless Mile
Univ. of Bristol
High Performance
Communication Lab
Co-working facility in
“Bristol Is Open”