A presentation to the UK Government Office for Science describing the design thinking and awareness of urban design necessary for "Smarter City" technology solutions to improve lives, communities and economies in cities. Includes a set of early "design patterns" for re-applying successful "Smarter City" ideas in new contexts; and a high-level analysis of the market drivers and barriers that are determining the speed at which investment can be unlocked to apply these ideas in cities everywhere.

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Smarter Cities: design thinking and market forces
Dr Rick Robinson AoU CITP FRSA, Executive Architect, IBM Smarter Cities
Open Group Distinguished Certified IT Architect
@dr_rick http://theurbantechnologist/com/rick_robinson@uk.ibm.com

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Images captured by MRI scan by Shinji Nishimoto, Alex G. Huth, An Vu and Jack L. Gallant, UC Berkley, 2011
https://sites.google.com/site/gallantlabucb/publications/nishimoto-et-al-2011
Photo of Jan Scheuermann controlling a robot arm:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20731973

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The consequences of over-reliance on satelite navigation
http://www.insuranceclaims.co.uk/news/freaky-car-crashes/
CCTV cameras installed to pry on residents of Sparkhill,Birmingham
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/17/birmingham-stops-muslim-surveillance-scheme12
Packages from Amazon delivered to Google employees
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9880707@N02/
A 3D-printed gun
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22421185

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Kelvin Campbell’s “Massive / Small”
http://engagingcities.com/post/5012064472/massive-small-the-operating-system-for-smart-urbanism
Town plan for Edinburgh’s New Town from the JR James archive
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrjamesarchive/
Photo of pedestrian roundabout in Shanghai, China, by Chris UK
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_chrisuk/7580861928/
Photo of Masshouse Circus, Birmingham, before its redevelopment, by Birmingham City Council
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Planning-
Management%2FPageLayout&cid=1223092740947&pagename=BCC%2FCommon%2FWrapper%2FWrapper
“Massive / Small” and smart digital urbanism

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Photo of Jane Jacobs by Michèl Champagne
http://www.mediamatic.net/104796/en/jane-jacobs-ideas-that-matter
Photo of Christopher Alexander by Eugene Kim
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eekim/5686194142/
1. Broadband
connectivity
2. Cloud computing
3. Mobile and
smartphones
4. Social media
5. The touchscreen
6. Open source software
7. Intelligent hardware
8. Open APIs
9. Open data
10. Open standards
11. Mundane interfaces
12. Identity stores
13. Maps and
geolocation
14. Social enterprise
15. Alternative currencies
16. The “sharing economy”
17. Information partnerships
18. Regeneration &
incubation
19. Sustainable business
20. Intelligent infrastructure
21. Local energy
22. Insight without certainty
Smarter City Design Patterns:
http://theurbantechnologist.com/design-patterns/
http://theurbantechnologist.com/2014/07/01/12-simple-technologies-for-cities-that-are-
smart-open-and-fair/

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http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2013/05/inspiring-social-sustainability-one-village-at-a-time.html
http://www.syngentafoundation.org/index.cfm?pageID=562
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/sport/rugby-trytracker/10630406/ibm-big-data-analytics-dublin.html
Smarter cities “as if people mattered”

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http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/06/27/montpellier-france-invites-citizens-author-smart-city
Paving
Stone
Montpellier: citizens as the authors and sensors of a Smarter City

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Data from parking, traffic, events, etc. enables future
conditions to be predicted.
The effectiveness of “what-if” responses can be
explored.
Parking Sensors &
Meters
Cross-agency work can be planned and optimised.
Traffic Information Weather Events
Citizens and businesses can be updated and respond;
travellers provided with predictive route and parking
services; shops able to respond dynamically and
interactively.
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=PM&subtype=SP&htmlfid=GVS03037USEN
Photo of York Road, Kings Heath, in the 2009 Kings Heath Festival by Nick Lockley http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicklockey/
Smarter parking on a smarter high street

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Administration
Environment
Culture
Economy
Transportation
Social
Services
Public Safety
Energy
Infrastructure
Communities
Planning and
Management
The city council which governs &
provides public services?
The energy, utility & infrastructure
companies who build, manage &
support the urban environment?
The shops & farmers who feed
us?
The businesses who
employ us, & the property
developers who house us?
Town plan for Edinburgh’s New Town from the JR James archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrjamesarchive/
The urban lifestyle
that we enjoy?
The transport systems
that move us?
Who will build a Smarter City?

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Administration
Environment
Culture
Economy
Transportation
Social
Services
Public Safety
Energy
Infrastructure
Communities
Planning and
Management
Local Government
• Drivers: finance, demographics, inequality
• Barriers: financing autonomy, capacity
Infrastructure & utilities
• Drivers: resilience, outcomes-based
procurement criteria
• Barriers: national nature of ESCO licenses
Food & consumer goods
• Driver: sustainability as a business driver
• Barrier: local transport models
Business & development
• Drivers: sustainability as a
business driver
• Barriers: public / private
understanding of risk / reward,
planning policy
Town plan for Edinburgh’s New Town from the JR James archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrjamesarchive/
Culture
• Limiting factor:
consumer adoption
Transport
• Barrier: cross-modal
business models
Market drivers and barriers

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Thankyou
Dr Rick Robinson AoU CITP FRSA, Executive Architect, IBM Smarter Cities
Open Group Distinguished Certified IT Architect
rick_robinson@uk.ibm.com @dr_rick http://theurbantechnologist/com/