Using Drones In Risk Mapping

Geomatics Contributing in Smart Cities

Geomatics is a multidisciplinary area of knowledge that involves collecting, gathering, storing, processing, and delivering spatially referenced information, or geographic information. 

In this paper Sylvie Daniel and Andree Doran from Department of Geomatics - Universite Laval (Quebec City) discusses the contribuition of geomatics for sustainable smart cities.

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https://ofti.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Daniel_Doran_geoSmartCities_dgo2013-final.pdf

 

Design Patterns Applied To Smart Cities

Conceived as an architectural concept by Christopher Alexander (Notes on the Synthesis of Form, The Timeless Way of Building and A Pattern Language) in 1977, a design pattern is, basically, a general and reusable solution for a problem that occurs in a specific domain.

In this article, Rick Robinson, IT Director for Smart Data and Technology for Amey and founder of the Birmingham Smart City Alliance, discusses the use of design patterns in Smart Cities.

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http://theurbantechnologist.com/2013/02/15/do-we-need-a-pattern-language-for-smarter-cities/

Urban Planning And Cities Growth

 

According Global Health Observatory (GHO), the urban population in 2014, 7.2 billion people, accounted for 54% of the total global population, up from 34% in 1960, and the cities continue to grow. GHO estimates that the global urban population is expected to grow approximately 1.84% per year between 2015 and 2020, 1.63% per year between 2020 and 2025, and 1.44% per year between 2025 and 2030.

So, Urban Planning, a technical and political process concerned with the use of land, environment and public welfare is a crucial tool to provide the control of all activities in a city, involving transportation infrastructure, communications, water distribution systems etc.

In this article, American Planning Association (APA) explains what is an Urban Planning and how it can contribute to support cities growth. 

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https://www.planning.org/aboutplanning/whatisplanning.htm

Resilience in Smart Cities

Resilience can be considered as an measure of the ability of individuals, communities, organizations and systems to absorb stress situations or changes, and still persist. Resilience must be stimulated and constructed for quick response in case of catastrophic events, natural or manmade.

This article, published by Rockefeller Foundation, discusses different aspects of resilience applied to smart cities.

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https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/blog/a-smart-city-must-learn-to-be-resilient-too/