The goal of the "City of the Future project" (COTF) is to have thousands of people contribute ideas that lead to the construction of one or more new cities. Good progress has been made on the planning. The initial system needs to start with a taxonomy for ideas to be contributed, and here is what is being considered:
- Urban Planning, Housing, Transportation
- Food, Nutrition, Health
- Education, Learning, Growth
- Economics, Business, Operations
- Recreation, Entertainment
- Law, Order, Enforcement
The proposed taxonomy follows the basics of life: your city, home, food, education, job, fun, and social order. Within these initial top categories, the many facets of life, from plumbing to power, will be bundled into sub-categories developed and organized by the users. If anyone has suggestions for changes to the top level, please add them to the comments…
How about:
1) Communications (without phones we’re going nowhere), or is that categorized under “operations”?
2) News outlets and media (or are they part of Entertainment)
3) An entity like NASA (or are they part of education to the extreme?)
-Babak P.
Where are the plans? The link you provided earlier led to a blank page.
There are also a lot of ‘green’ vendors with off-the-shelf solutions available, what plans do you have for controlling these requirements listed in the bullet points above?
If CotF is to be pedestrian friendly, or at least have reduced-auto requirements, add this bullet point:
Zone management for mixed-use, commercial, or industrial sectors
This zone integration is not part of Transportation: I.E. the mass-transportation, commercial shipping access, nor for personal vehicular access or parking.
What DYNAMIC PRINCIPLE will make the City of the Future a both a good short & long-term investment?
In the crashing modern real estate market investors, builders, and homeowners bet their personal fortunes & family’s futures investing in single-family dwelling & sprawling cul-de-sacs.
RE-reading through all the parts of CotF I’m reminded of the core argument for investment in urban ecologies, versus personal suburban sprawl:
Increased ecological efficiency & economy.
What this does not address though, is the reason so many have fled to suburbia for the last four generations: personal property freedom & privacy.
To get private investment locked into a personal commitment to CotF I propose that the FIRST development priority be a binding contract for residents property rights & personal privacies, and investment rights in perpetuity.
Investors and residents should have a very clear understanding of their place in the present and future of this enterprise.
There must be a variety of best practices to be shared from the current development process and planning of http://www.NanoCity.com