1) Urban vitality is an essential precondition for socio-economic value capturing and social capital in smart cities. It derives from facilitating effective interactions between spatial, economic, and social urban systems through networks of flows and places. 2) Maintaining parallel networks of urban flows and places is important for urban vitality. This provides variation that supports socioeconomic encounters and a strong basis of social and economic support. 3) Understanding urban systems, including the hierarchies and connections between networks of flows and places ("stepping stones") that link urban anchor points, is key to facilitating urban vitality.

1. ‘To know the path, is to rule the system’
understanding Urban Vitality, for socio-economic value capturing & social capital is crucial
Ir. Peter G. de Bois, Architect & Urban Designer
(Em) Professor. Delft University of Technology &
University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam
Editor in Chief ‘Vital City’ Magazine
Member AoU, Academy of Urbanism London
Dir. Office4UrbanreSearch
Urban-knowledge platform
www.urban-knowledge.nl
2013 © de Bois, University of Applied Sciences

2. explaining whyTo know the path is to rule the system

3. Urban Vitality

4. is based on

5. an effective inter-relation between

6. spatial, economical and social urban systems

7. 2005 © de Bois, Delft University of Technology

8. whyUrban Vitality

9. derives from the capacity of cities

10. to maintain their spatial conditions for urban quality

11. throughout a constant process of conscious re-validation

12. for societal innovation

13. spatial transition and flexibility in time

14. the worldGlobal threats local impacts

15. Extreme diaspora to Urban areas specifically harbour city’s

16. 6.5 milliard now, 9 milliard in the near future
2% of surface is urban, needing 75% of all sources
300.000 people a day coming to cities

17. Extreme unbalance and concentration of people

18. More people inside this circle than outside

19. Extreme geographical flow’s, production is footloose

20. Knowledge is sustain

21. Extreme youth -15 | 24- unemployment up to 23,5%

22. Drain of social kapital

23. Extreme differences in democratic & economic systems

24. (Un) Predictable players

25. Extreme unbalance in access to food, water and minerals

26. There is a BIG slow war going on in 25 area’s,
political powers using religion as leverage
The Netherlands second biggest export of vegetables in the world
Global treats for world peace

27. Extreme differences in human rights and emancipation

28. Secularisation versus democracy

29. Extreme differences in perception about income and wealth

30. 1% has 40% of wealth
what we consider ideal what we think the truth

31. Extreme spatial separation & social-economic segregation

32. Income differences, 1 to 400……… the gap between the elite and
the common people
Need reflection & actualisation of the concept of:
liberté - égalité - fraternité

33. Extreme waste of natural resources, related to extended land use

34. The paradigm of individualism, collectivism and totalitarianism

35. the cityGlobal paradigms, local impacts

36. Extreme urban expansion & physical fragmentation

37. Physical en functional divisions, socio economic fragmentation

38. Extreme loss of socio-economic support basis in public domain

39. The price for adapting a non-generic urban planning doctrine
New centre of Saint-Dié based on CIAM rules and historical centre of Parma

40. Extreme decrease of value of public space and private property

41. TOTAL AREA:
OPEN SPACE:
BUILDING AREA:
% BUILT:
FACADE LENGTH:
405.000
356.800
48.200
12%
7.650
TOTAL AREA:
OPEN SPACE:
BUILDING AREA:
% BUILT:
FACADE LENGTH:
405.000
201.100
203.900
50%
27.220
Diminishing economic support basis in daily urban system

42. Extreme loss of local values due to global financial derivatives

43. Financial perversion on derivatives
550.000 billion SWAPS yearly, 550.000.000.000.000
400 billion SWAPS per day, 400.000.000.000
Perversion of our liberal society

44. the societyGlobal developments local impacts

45. Extreme governance downfall of our welfare state

46. 1950
20182008

48. transitionThe assignment for a vital society in the 21th century

49. is urgent on three levels of interest

50. The balance between individualism en collectivism:
About learning to live with uncertainty
About interactions between our virtual, mental en physical world
About less ownership and more sharing
About more the bottom up and less top down
Need to focus on:
Individual development | consciousness
Making choices | giving place | connecting | quality of the city
Societal awareness | participation | local society
Local collectivism | sharing power | ownership
The assignment for a vital society 3.0
2013 Based on Prof. Jan Rotmans

51. The importance of, sustainable value capturing;
About co-creation and circular process
About community based business en social cost benefits
Need to focud on:
Bounding and bridging of values in time and space | transparency | political consensus
Locale coordination of investments | making value creation physical
The assignment for a vital society 3.0

52. The quest for, Quality of life:
About the value of life
About trust in society and here leaders
About room for individual identity and ideas
About freedom of being
Need to focus on:
Personal reflection | mindfulness | daily urban system | locale identity
Empowerment | re-democratization | transparencies | citizenship
Integration | validation | community building | empowerment
Community | safety | being in charge
The assignment for a vital society 3.0

53. Resume:
Guarding the quality of:
The liberal democracy
The sharing welfare and ideas
The societal participation and social capital
The inter-connection of virtual, mental en physical content of life
The implementation of circular economy
The integration of smart and clean technology
The assignment for a effective and vital society 3.0

54. whyUrban Vitality

55. is a precondition

56. for socio-economic value capturing

57. essential for

58. social capital, socio economic benefits & good citizenship

60. smart cityTo know the path is to rule the system

61. whySmart cities, urban vitality

62. statementUrbanVitality is an essential precondition

63. for the socio-economic existence of the smart city

64. Smart economy is about

65. The innovation of society

66. Smart flows and places for the daily urban system

67. Smart Cities are key elements in world economy

68. They derive from multiple flows of values

69. facilitated through concentrated networks of smart people

70. through socio-economic coincidence & confrontation

71. through economic synergy & creative thinking

72. Smart people make Vital Cities

73. Smart people like and need smart Cities

74. howGlobal technology local transition

75. Hardware makes us software

76. Context related action

77. Instant democracy

78. Understanding processes, tracking Garbage

79. Understanding processes, tracking Garbage

80. Flickr and Twitter
1.800.000.000 pictures shared on internet every day,
connecting the virtual, mental and physical world of daily urban life

81. Mood twitters, understanding happiness or dispair

82. Bottom-up governance

83. We are software

84. We are the cloud

85. whatSpatial urban rules are about

86. our ‘daily urban system’, the ‘time-space’ budget

87. Its about context

88. knowing where you are

89. Real-time ‘daily urban’ system Amsterdam by GPS research
© WAAG society 2001
Individual spatial circuits in a parallel urban network

90. Its about motive

91. understanding why

92. Copyright © Joosten, Victor, Shops and Blocks, how block typologie influences the naturel movement economic proces, Berlin and Amsterdam, Delft
University of Technology 2005
Amsterdam central area
position of retail, urban network, block and density relations

93. Photo streams Flickr,
- tourists red
- locals yello
- Regionals bleu
in Amsterdam central area
1.800.000.000 pictures shared on internet every day,
connecting the virtual, mental and physical world of ‘daily urban’ life
© Erik Fisher
places of interest

94. Its about

95. the fit between

96. time‘urban flows’

97. space‘urban places’

98. Representing the perception of our position in space

99. Facilitating ‘flows’ between ‘places’ in the urban network
house

100. ‘place’1
house

101. ‘place’1
house
‘place’2

102. ‘place’1
house
‘place’2
‘place’3

103. ‘place’1
house
‘place’2
‘place’3
‘place’4

104. ‘place’1
house
‘place’2
‘place’5
‘place’3
‘place’4

105. ‘place’1
house
‘place’2
‘place’5
‘place’3
‘place’4
People like to flow in circuits

106. People like to flow in circuits, GPS research City Centre Haarlem

107. whatParameters for urban vitality

108. Parallel urban networks for variation of flows

109. providing socio-economic coincidence & support on urban places

110. Parallel contra Serial urban networks
Serial URBAN system by planning
like New Towns
Weak support basis
Parallel URBAN system by organic development
like Amsterdam
Strong support basis
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111. Facilitating the overlap for socio-economic encounter, support basis for social capital
Parallel contra Serial urban networks

112. Facilitating the overlap for socioeconomic encounter and social cost benefits
Connecting the top –global- and
the bottom –local- urban network by a
INTRA net, connecting supply & demand
Supporting socio-economic demands by
physical connections, immediate context
and precondition for FLOWS & PLACES
Smart technology for urban life and quality of vital cities

113. Variation of places, anchor points
- shopping streets and malls,
- parks,
- squares,
- harbours
- sport facilities etc
Support basis
- multifunctional densities on private domain and
- intense use on public domain
Condensed spatial conditions on the parallel system
Variation of flows
- streets,
- alleys,
- boulevards
- (park) lanes,
- canals etc

114. Variation of flows in a parallel urban network
2007 © Ir. E Stolk TUDelft 2009 © Ir. P. G. de Bois

115. Parallel URBAN flows and places alternating development
1994 © Ir. P. G. de Bois TUDelft
9th century

117. 17th century

119. 19th century

121. 20th century

125. By-pass A16Connecting A4
21th century

126. In The Hague these destinations
comprise: (1) the coastal area;
(2) the beach and the pier of
Scheveningen; and (3) the city
centre with the Parliament
buildings, the city squares and
shopping area, the tram tunnel,
the City Hall and the theatre
area.
In Delft these are: (4) the
connection across the highway
to IKEA, the recreation area of
the "Delftse Hout" and the
connection to the dwelling areas
of Pijnacker. Further along the
line lies the landscape area of
"Midden Delfand" (Central
Delfland)
And eventually in Rotterdam
there can be found: (5)Aeroport,
"Blijdorp" Zoo; (6) the City Hall
with a number of squares
including the cultural area
around the "Doelen"; (7) the
new "Koopgoot" shopping area;
(8) the river fronts, the
"Maasbrug" (Meuse Bridge) and
"Maasboulevard" Meuse
Boulevard) and the
recentdevelopments on the "Kop
van Zuid" pensinsula; (9) the
"Zuidplein" (South Square) as
centre of Rotterdam South; and
eventually (10) the landscape
area south of Rotterdam.
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Upcoming transition of the A13
Urban ‘places’ already existing on the urban corridor A13

127. Coolsingel, 4 episoden
Transition of flows, change of place

128. howKnowledge about urban systems

129. Understanding ‘flow’ connection of the city market ‘places’
© Ir. P. G. de Bois 2011
Analysis of the (inter)relation ‘flow’s’ between urban anchor points ’places’
Stepping stone relation “Markets” in the city and the extended areas

130. Understanding the hierarchy of the urban network

131. Understanding ‘steppingstones’ of urban places ‘anchor points’
Amsterdam Rotterdam
© Ir. P. G. de Bois 2011
The stepping stone relation between anchor points, ‘places’, derives from the quality of the
bounding and bridging condition in the ‘flows’ system of the urban network
Analysis of the (inter)relation ‘flow’s’ between urban anchor points ’places’

133. Understanding ‘complex urban systems

134. Reconnecting Copenhagen Ørestad , NON plase of the city

135. Ørestad Copenhagen making the SLOW RING by flows & places
Activating existing beach Connect urban Anchor points by missing links

136. Ørestad Copenhagen making the SLOW RING by flows & places
Missing links in the local urban network
Concept of the new urban ‘flow’ system

137. Ørestad Copenhagen concept of the SLOW RING
The Bridge to connect the SLOW RING
Urban Design flows & places

138. Ørestad Copenhagen, connections effects & social cost benefits

139. Connecting knowledge understanding Urban Vitality

140. From this table I wish you a nice and vital day, meet you at
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