Introduction
It seeks to define a common systems view for cities of any size or type, and then embraces or develops protocols that will help innovators create – and modern cities deploy – cross-sectorial solutions that can connect and/or break city silos. City Protocol aims at working across diverse cities by interconnecting them and ultimately creating the “Internet of Cities”.
With City Protocol, innovators enjoy a robust market for their solutions, and cities enjoy solution choice, reduced cost and risk, and increased collaboration and learning – all while supporting the development of a Science of Cities.
The goal of City Protocol is to define an interoperable city platform, which will allow cities to communicate and operate across silos and across communities, spawning an ecosystem of solution development and innovation. In short, City Protocol aims to define the Internet of Cities. The Internet of Cities will provide common solutions and solution platforms, crossing the silos within and between cities.
By Internet of Cities, we mean:
•An Internet of Things (IoT) as it applies to cities
•A network of city subsystems working together as a holistic living system
•A network of cities learning and evolving together in competitive and cooperative ways
•A network of city-centered groups aligning their work into one scientific and interoperable frame.
Reason to Be Selected
City Anatomy offers a common language describing the city as three key system elements: a set of physical structures (Structure); the living entities that make up a city's society (Society); and the flow of interactions between them (Interactions). In so doing, City Anatomy helps cities and city-serving organizations to understand and map interconnections between city systems.
Highlights:
Cities have become the key nodes of the global economy, acting as magnets for the new hyper-connected communities. They play a singular role as hubs of innovation and sources of universal flows of information—produced by people, things and the interactions between them.How can cities approach these challenges and adopt sound financial strategies to become more livable and self-suficient, with empowered citizens?
•A collaboration and knowledge sharing framework for the development of a new science of cities.
•Establishment of the basis for the evaluation and accreditation of standards and recommendation documents for city transformations.
•A set of methods and tools for system-level data analysis and representation, and a city knowledge base into specific learnings.
•A 'city language' and set of common images for describing the City Anatomy.
•Building a repository of documents describing projects, policies and recommended practices which may be tested in cities working and learning together to tackle their common transformational challenges.
•A network and/or platform for education and knowledge sharing among all members.
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Self-Sufficiency
Nowadays Cities face many challenges such as being
•Resilient in front of extreme conditions (e.g., climate, food, energy, etc.).
•Competitive in emerging markets for resources, economic activity, talent and capital (i.e., the challenge of creating value).
•Responsive to flows of people and ageing population that affect taxes and costs of public services.
•Proactive in conceiving radical changes in urban planning to minimize inequalities and to quickly adapt to changes in life standards of citizens.
•Receptive to online services and committed to greater transparency and open data platforms to accelerate innovation, to make cities more efficient, or to empower citizens to participate actively in city government.
•Well informed about ageing structure (infrastructures and built domain).
Livability
Livability is the set of key elements in urban ecology that recognize and measure how quality of life in a district or city develops and can be improved by:
(i) developing, changing and/or transforming the city structure (natural and built environments, landscape, public spaces and the 6 infrastructures – communication, energy, water, matter, mobility and nature) to optimize performance (resilience, reliable and equitable delivery of city services, self-sufficiency, resource efficiency, etc.);
(ii) maximizing interactions by assuring universal accessibility (affordable, convenient and equitable) to all city functions (housing, jobs, education, health, security, leisure, culture, etc.) and utility infrastructures, and by fostering economic prosperity and opportunities, with an ICT–enabled environment; and
(iii) promoting participative governance, i.e., empowering citizens and engaging them in all decision-making concerning societal issues, including urban planning and management.
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| Lng: | 2.14877 |
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| Region: | Europe |
| Scale: | Region |
| Field: | Governance |
| City: | Barcelona |