TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban systems design
T2 - A conceptual framework for planning smart communities
AU - Tobey, Michael B.
AU - Binder, Robert B.
AU - Chang, Soowon
AU - Yoshida, Takahiro
AU - Yamagata, Yoshiki
AU - Yang, Perry P.J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by National Institute for Environmental Studies and Global Carbon Project.
Funding Information:
This research was funded by National Institute for Environmental Studies and Global Carbon Project. Our team would like to take this opportunity to thank the administrative staff with the Global Carbon Project at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. Without their hard work and efforts, our team would not have had the opportunity to work together at the Institute in Tsukuba, Japan. Additionally, we must acknowledge the hard work of the Spring 2016, 2017, and 2018 International Urban Design Studios from School of City and Regional Planning and School of Architecture of the Georgia Institute of Technology, who utilized urban systems design methods in their studio which laid the groundwork. We have special thanks to Akito Murayama from the Department of Urban Engineering of the University of Tokyo for his advice on Tokyo urban planning. Finally, we acknowledge Sycamore Consulting in Decatur, Georgia of the U.S., who laid the groundwork for discussions of community engagement methods that were utilized.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Urban systems design arises from disparate current planning approaches (urban design, Planning Support Systems, and community engagement), compounded by the reemergence of rational planning methods from new technology (Internet of Things (IoT), metric based analysis, and big data). The proposed methods join social considerations (Human Well-Being), environmental needs (Sustainability), climate change and disaster mitigation (Resilience), and prosperity (Economics) as the four foundational pillars. Urban systems design integrates planning methodologies to systematically tackle urban challenges, using IoT and rational methods, while human beings form the core of all analysis and objectives. Our approach utilizes an iterative three-phase development loop to contextualize, evaluate, plan and design scenarios for the specific needs of communities. An equal emphasis is placed on feedback loops through analysis and design, to achieve the end goal of building smart communities.
AB - Urban systems design arises from disparate current planning approaches (urban design, Planning Support Systems, and community engagement), compounded by the reemergence of rational planning methods from new technology (Internet of Things (IoT), metric based analysis, and big data). The proposed methods join social considerations (Human Well-Being), environmental needs (Sustainability), climate change and disaster mitigation (Resilience), and prosperity (Economics) as the four foundational pillars. Urban systems design integrates planning methodologies to systematically tackle urban challenges, using IoT and rational methods, while human beings form the core of all analysis and objectives. Our approach utilizes an iterative three-phase development loop to contextualize, evaluate, plan and design scenarios for the specific needs of communities. An equal emphasis is placed on feedback loops through analysis and design, to achieve the end goal of building smart communities.
KW - Big data
KW - Economics
KW - Human factors
KW - Planning Support System
KW - Resilience
KW - Sustainability
KW - Urban design
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U2 - 10.3390/smartcities2040032
DO - 10.3390/smartcities2040032
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082676180
VL - 2
SP - 522
EP - 537
JO - Smart Cities
JF - Smart Cities
SN - 2624-6511
IS - 4
ER -
