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02 Oct 08

Connected Urban Development - Connected Urban Development - Cisco Systems

This is the Cisco site that CEOs for Cities blog post pointed to. It describes the Cisco-funded/ sponsored program, "Connected Urban Development" (CUD), now in several cities around the world.

Question: how does a city get involved with this? From the webpage:
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By using network connectivity for communication, collaboration, urban planning, and other activities, CUD will help change the way in which cities do the following:

* Deliver services to residents
* Manage the flow of traffic
* Operate public transportation
* Use and manage real estate resources
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CEOs for Cities: Connected Urban Development

Another article that underscores the need for (and uses of) "cross-use" (as defined by Jane Jacobs). The interesting difference/ twist here is that cross-use is created/ nourished through congestion-cutting strategies and transit infrastructure, as well as (get this!) broadband infrastructure (!).

So, interesting pointer: congestion as another barrier to cross-use. Something to think about.

And: think about taking broadband/ digital infrastructure into account when thinking about cross-use vs single-use. How to map the virtual onto the real/ actual? Hmmm....

Note: CEOs for Cities entry has further links.

www.ceosforcities.org/...1906 - Preview

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