PLAN IT SMART

CLEVER SOLUTION FOR SMART CITIES

“Smart Cities” has become a widely used term for the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) into the processes of cities and the built environment, aiming to improve the integration of the physical assets as well as social and environmental capital. Fired by several rankings there seems to be a competition for the title of the “Smartest City”.

This kind of hype raises a lot of questions that REAL CORP 2014 will deal with.

  • What does “Smart City” mean in terms of quality of life?
  • How does it influence the economic perspectives?
  • Are the concepts of sustainability and resilience part of “Smart Cities”?
  • What about politics and administration, policies and governance?
  • How do “Smart Solutions” influence the “hardware” of a city, the urban fabric?
  • Last but not least: what is the role of urban/spatial planning in and for “Smart Cities”?

Can we PLAN IT SMART and find CLEVER SOLUTIONS FOR SMART CITIES?

In addition to the general topics mentioned before here are some more potential topics:

  • Smart Cities/Smart Citizens – Who Needs What?
  • Does “Smart” mean High-Tech?
  • Existing/Evolving/Foreseen Technologies
  • Business Models for Smart Solutions
  • Long-Term Strategies and Plans vs. Short-Term (Re-)Actions and Tactics – the Role of Strategic and Spatial Planning for Smart Cities
  • Density Matters – the Urban Fabric of „Smart Cities“ in the Light of Quality of Life, Sustainability and Resilience
  • Smart Mobility – Smart Energy – Smart Environmental Technologies
  • This Town ain’t Smart Enough for the Both of Us – Integration and Segregation in Smart Cities
  • Data/Information/Knowledge Infrastructures – the Backbone of Smart Cities
  • (Smart) City Rankings – why, how, by whom for whom, who cares?

Why "Plan it Smart"?

Well, try this with the melody of “Paint it black” by The Rolling Stones ;-)

I see an old plan and I want it to be smart
no zoning anymore I want it to turn smart
I see the guys present all their awkward plans
we have to plan it smart until our visions come

I see a line of cars and they're all on diesel
We need to change to smart for good life to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look amazed
Cities getting smarter it happens every day

I look inside the city and see it´s heart is good
I see an old plan and want it to turn smart


I see an old plan and I want it to be smart
no zoning anymore I want it to turn smart
I see the guys present all their awkward plans
we have to plan it smart until our visions come

Hmm, hmm, hmm, …

I wanna see it turned to, turned to smart
smart as light, smart and cool
I wanna see the sun used well from the sky
I wanna see it turned to, turned to, turned to, turned to smart
PLAN!