Urban Life and Citizenship: The Future of Freedom

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
Juan Antonio Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Urban Life ◽  
The Future

New Towns-In Town and Future Urban Growth: Some Preliminary Assessments

Prospects ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 573-598
Author(s):  
Judith Martin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Growth ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
Half Century ◽  
New Towns ◽  
Urban Status ◽  
Limited Success ◽  
The Future ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

For over A half-century America has been an urban nation. However, a significant upsurge of concern for the cities has generally not accompanied the increasing acknowledgment of the country's urban status. In large measure, any serious governmental concern for American cities has been halfhearted. Attempts have been made to confront the problems of the nation's cities. Planners, enlightened city officials, and others have faced the intrinsic difficulty of bringing together thousands, and often millions, of individuals in a single municipal unit sometimes with limited success; but more often such attempts have been well-intentioned failures. Americans have yet to develop a consistent or coherent approach either to current urban dilemmas or to the future roles we envision for our cities. Though there are a multitude of regulations for almost every aspect of urban life, the phenomenon called “the city” continues to be as problematic for us today as it was for earlier generations of urban dwellers.

scholarly journals Smart Cities in India: branded or brain-dead?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaishali Aggarwal ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Digital Innovation ◽  
Future Scenario ◽  
The People ◽  
The Future ◽  
Smart Mobility ◽  
The Government

The notion of ‘smart cities’ is increasingly visible in discourses on the future of cities but Change is coming to transportation, whether we are ready for it or not. But how sustainable and digital innovation can unlock better people health and well-being, enhance safety and security and provide seamless mobility experiences. It can be argued that smartening the mobility infrastructure enables the citizens to make informed decisions, and this is indeed true- if done well, but it has a big “if.” This research engages with the key drivers of change and provides affirmative aspirations for mobility in the not-so-distant future in order to facilitate conversations about change. However, the development of possibilities (scenarios) for the government policies and business innovation is dependent on the advanced technology and socio-economic values, which are embedded in the context and culture. The research paper aims to visualize through foresight by design, plausible alternatives of sustainable future for passenger transport in Delhi to stimulate sustainable innovation developments for transportation and analyse the present innovative influences for smart mobility in Delhi to accelerate the adoption. The first part of the paper analyses how do urban planners use the discourse of smart cities and how it has defined in India then later suggest future scenario for the future which will empower users, changing mobility models and transforming eco-system where intelligent connectivity would unite varied rage of emerging technologies to enable smarter, healthier and more resilient and economically vibrant urban life. This research considers smart mobility by outlining current challenges, suggesting technological, infrastructural and policy solutions and distilling explorations of the future into a series of ‘user journeys.’ It seeks to answer if ‘branding of technology’ can be used as a tool to create a new identity for mobility of Delhi or ‘upgrade’ the existing situation. How can the context of Delhi be decoded to describe the perceptions of the people?

Even governmentality begins as an image

Focaal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (61) ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Baxstrom
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Virtual Object ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Contemporary Life ◽  
Highly Effective ◽  
The Future ◽  
The City

This article considers the complexity of contemporary urban life in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, through an analysis of planning and the plan itself as a thing in this environment of multiplicity. It argues that the plan functions as a vehicle for action in the present that does not require a singular vision of the future in order to succeed. Plans in the context of governance and urban development gesture to “the future,” but this gesture does not require “a future” in order to function in a highly effective manner. The evidence presented indicates that the primary effectiveness of the plan largely relates to its status as a virtual object in the present. Such virtual objects (plans) bind subjects to the conditions of the present within the desires and limits asserted by the institutions seeking to dominate contemporary life in the city, but this domination is never absolute, singular, or complete.

What Makes a Good City? Reflections on Urban Life and Faith

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Graham
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Theological Method ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
Urban Church ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis article is a case study in public theology, drawing on the author's experience as a member of the Church of England's Commission on Urban Life and Faith (CULF). Following in the footsteps of the seminal Archbishops' Commission on Urban Priority Areas (ACUPA) report, Faith in the City (1985), CULF aimed to evaluate the future of the urban church and its role in the local community, arguing that the impact of faith-based organizations constituted a major contribution to local community empowerment and well-being. CULF coined the term 'faithful capital' (after Robert Putnam's concept of 'social capital') to express the added value that people of faith contribute to their local communities, and called for wider debate around the question 'what makes a good city?' This article also scrutinizes the Commission's theological method, and in particular its attempt to model a form of 'theology from below'; and in the light of the Commission's findings, poses questions for the future of public theology.

scholarly journals Interview with Associate Professor of Rijeka University Iva Rinčić

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 242-247
Author(s):  
Hanna Hubenko ◽  
Iva Rinčić
Keyword(s):  
Associate Professor ◽  
Biomedical Ethics ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Local People ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Urban Bioethics ◽  
The Future ◽  
The City ◽  
Living Creature

Interview with associate professor Iva Rincic feels like meeting a close-minded person on a very long journey. Meet and feel that you are “on the same page”. What is urban bioethics? How is it different from bioethics in general?  What is this “Project on Bioethical Urban Life Standards: The City as the Basis for Ethics Life”? – are the main points laid down in the conversation. So, during the interview, you will find out that despite the fact that bioethics is perceived as a modern version of biomedical ethics, originally it covers a much wider area of ​​interest. Bioethics implies moral obligations of people not only to each other, but also to everything living (animals and plants) (F. Jahr (1926)). This is the science of survival (V. R. Potter (1971)). If we see bioethics in this way, then urban life is necessary as a (bio) ethical object, purpose and scope, and "the city as a living creature that is constantly growing and transforming." Within the framework of the project the main goal is to create a list of urban bioethics standards. In order to activate the mechanism of urban bioethics, Iva talks about such valuable characteristics of local people as Responsibility, Committment, Awareness, Trust, Belonging. The project “European Bioethics in Action” fed into the list of bioethical standards. Iva Rincic also presented a list of 97 standards that determine relationships between animals, plants, people and environment. Further this list will be simplified for residents of the city. Iva wants all citizens to be included in these lists. She is also sure that this is the only way to have a rather bright tool to achieve bioethical city in the future.

scholarly journals Brief Research Report: Case Study on the Early Impacts of COVID-19 on Urban Natural Areas Across 12 American Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Plitt ◽  
Clara C. Pregitzer ◽  
Sarah Charlop-Powers
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Public Programs ◽  
The Public ◽  
Adequate Funding ◽  
The Future

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted the lives of the entire nation. As city residents faced lockdowns, they turned to their public parks and open space for respite from the confines of city living. Many residents sought solace in natural areas, wishing to hike, bird, and experience the sights and sounds of a forest during this fraught time. To understand the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the public use of natural areas and organizations' ability to care for them, we deployed a survey in May of 2020 to known partners in 12 US cities that are leaders in the management and care of urban natural areas. These cities represent a combined population of over 18 million people and collectively manage 284,906 acres of natural area parkland. We found that most organizations (83%) reported an increase in use of natural areas but concurrently 72% reported a decrease in the ability to care for natural areas during the pandemic. All organizations reported canceled public programs, and 94% saw a decrease in volunteer events. As these organizations look to the future, only 17% were confident in their organization having adequate funding in 2021. Cutting budgets to care for urban natural areas could have significant impacts on the health and sustainability of urban life. These 12 cities serve as examples of a pattern that could be occurring nationally and internationally. As cities reopen, budgets and priorities for the future will be determined as will the fate of resources to care for nature in cities.

Eco-Methodology for Urban and Transport Planning for the Future Eco-Technology

2011 ◽  
pp. 154-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermann Knoflacher ◽  
Ebru Vesile Ocalir
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Transport Planning ◽  
Urban Structures ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Future ◽  
Research Findings

This study gives the reasons and basics of a new approach which adopts eco-technologies to urban and transport planning. In this chapter, in the case of urban and transport planning, based on research findings about human behaviour in the artificial and technical modified environment, the discrepancy between assumptions and real system behaviour is demonstrated. This gives the framework not only to improve urban structures and the transport system, but also to select (eco) technologies which are needed to solve existing problems and to develop agreeable technologies for the future. The study criticizes the use of technology in creating vulnerable urban structures instead of sustainable ones focusing mostly on the last 150 years, when the availability of cheap fossil fuels for use of new transport modes and for heating and cooling has changed urban life. The resulting part is the introduction of a new methodology which uses eco technologies in urban and transport planning with some success stories.

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