Humane and Sustainable Smart Cities explores how to develop emergent smart cities that are rooted in humane, innovative and sustainable values (CHIS). The book considers the move from technocratic and idealized smart metropole to humane cities as a product of fundamental demographic changes, the development of a usage-based rather than an ownership economy, the novel implications of digitalization, decentralization and decarbonization, and Internet-enabled changes in public opinion towards democratization and participation. The book's authors explore seven dimensions and characteristics of humane, sustainable and innovative cities in the developing world: the economy, people, the place, energy and the environment, mobility, social inclusion and governance.
Additional sections the operationalization of the CHIS concept into formal planning, policy implementation, and impact assessment considerations. Final discussions center on building a roadmap for planners seeking to design development policies conducive to human values and long-term social viability.
Author(s): Eduardo M. Costa
Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 226
City: London
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Humane and Sustainable Smart Cities
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Copyright
Dedication_2021_Humane-and-Sustainable-Smart-Cities
Dedication
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Contents
Foreword_2021_Humane-and-Sustainable-Smart-Cities
Foreword
Preface_2021_Humane-and-Sustainable-Smart-Cities
Preface
Acknowledgments_2021_Humane-and-Sustainable-Smart-Cities
Acknowledgments
Chapter-1---The-concept-of-more-Humane-and-Sus_2021_Humane-and-Sustainable-S
1 The concept of more Humane and Sustainable Smart Cities
Content
Sustainable city
Resilient city
Creative city
Knowledge-based or knowledge cities
Smart (or digital) city
Humane and Sustainable Smart City
The book
References
Chapter-2---Historical-overview--cities-from-medie_2021_Humane-and-Sustainab
2 Historical overview: cities from medieval to modern times—what went wrong
The good…
Medieval villages
Napoleon III, Haussmann, and Paris around 1860
The bad…
The industrial revolution
The industrial revolution’s poster child: the car
Modernism and urban planning
And the ugly…
Urban chaos
The car as a problem
Social disintegration
The way forward!
Live-work-play in the same area
Citizen’s wishes, interests, and needs
Mental deindustrialization
References
Chapter-3---From-smart-cities-to-more-Humane-and-Sust_2021_Humane-and-Sustai
3 From smart cities to more Humane and Sustainable Smart Cities: the world in transformation
Smart cities
Cameras and sensors
Internet of things
Artificial intelligence and its derivatives machine learning and deep learning
Big data
Blockchain
Identification of a person and privacy
Smart for whom?!?
Technology is charming
Tech companies are TOO powerful
“Enclosure” of public spaces and public data is happening already
Social and generational changes
Digitalization
Decentralization
Decarbonization and the UN’s sustainable development goals
The perfect storm for the car industry
Who needs a car?
Electric cars, autonomous cars, and shared cars
The new cigarette industry?
Toward more Humane and Sustainable Smart Cities
Enlarge sidewalks
Speed limit in town up to 40–60km/hour
Reclaim useless streets and corners
Establish a policy of no free parking anywhere
Secluded bike lanes and bike transport as a system
Maintain existing parks and create a few new gardens and plazas
Conclusion
References
Chapter-4---The-eight-dimensions-of-a-more-Human_2021_Humane-and-Sustainable
4 The eight dimensions of a more Humane and Sustainable Smart City
Introduction—the Humane and Sustainable Smart City characterization
The Sustainable Economic Development dimension
Tales from our workshops
Examples in the book
Your interventions
The People dimension
Tales from our workshops
Examples in the book
Your interventions
The Quality of Life dimension
Public safety
Health security
Life-long learning
Well-being
Tales from our workshops
Examples in the book
Your interventions
The Historic, Artistic, and Cultural Heritage, and Tourism dimension
Economic benefits
Social benefits
Environmental benefits
Tales from our workshops
Examples in the book
Your interventions
The Environment dimension
Green areas
Energy
Transport
Collective gardening
Garbage collection
A new consumer?
Tales from our workshops
Examples in the book
Your interventions
The Social Inclusion dimension
Poverty
Minorities and people with special needs
Tales from our workshops
Examples in the book
Your interventions
The Mobility of People dimension
Public transport
Nonmotorized mobility
Care and safety of pedestrians
Changes in attitude and shared transport
Tales from our workshops
Examples in the book
Your interventions
The Governance dimension (horizontal)
Tales from our workshops
Examples in the book
Your interventions
References
Chapter-5---Looking-for-striking-Humane-and-Sustaina_2021_Humane-and-Sustain
5 Looking for striking Humane and Sustainable Smart City characteristics in existing cities
Introduction
A set of examples
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6 Where and how to start in your city
Strategy
Choice of the target region in the city
More likely candidates for target region
Before you start
The leader
Partners
Study the region
Planning the workshop
Organizers
Participants
Stakeholders
Facilitators
Relevant topics for the region
Infrastructure
Communication
The 1-week intensive workshop
Preevent
The workshop—charter of the week
Day 1—immersion day
Day 2—specific stakeholders
Day 3—identification of the problem
Day 4—ideation and prototyping
Day 5—project detail and final presentation
The final report
The day after
A sample case: the surroundings of Ponte Hercílio Luz in Florianópolis
The chosen region for the workshop
Organization of the workshop
The workshop
Results—projects
Final report
Real impact on the day after
Lessons learned
References
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7 The future: the need for more Humane and Sustainable Smart Cities postpandemic 2020/21
The world was not well in January 2020
Anthropocene
Inequality
The pandemic of 2020/21
What happened
A few stats
Changes in our behavior
The opportunity
Accelerated digital transformation
The city as a “Commons”
The works of Hardin and Ostrom
Urban Commons
The world and the city as a Commons
Hope: the new Humane and Sustainable Smart City postpandemic 2020/21
The new Humane and Sustainable Smart City “arrondissement,” a Commons
The new car: the Humane and Sustainable Smart City commuter
The new Humane and Sustainable Smart City home
The new Humane and Sustainable Smart City
The new Humane and Sustainable Smart City “you”
References
Chapter-8---Conclusions-and-a-call-to-a_2021_Humane-and-Sustainable-Smart-Ci
8 Conclusions and a call to action
Introduction
Hope
What you read in the book so far
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Suggestions for the new HSSC “you”
Engagement
Social inclusion
Environment
Education
The new HSSC “I”
Engagement
Social inclusion
Environment
Education
The new HSSC “us”
Invitation
Conclusion
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