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The New Megalopolis: The Role of Interconnection in Achieving Urban Sustainability
Kristen Brown, Ph.D.ARPA-E Fellow
February 28, 2017
Source: salon
Aging Infrastructure
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Increased Density
Source: five thirty eight
Changing Climates
Evolving Technology
Source: Rand
physiological
safety
love and belonging
esteem
self-actualization
self-transcendence ------
Smart Cities market is growing
Smart TechnologySmart HealthcareSmart BuildingsSmart CitizenSmart GovernanceSmart MobilitySmart Energy
$36.8B↓
$88.7B global market by
2025
ACCESSIBLEAVAILABLE AFFORDABLE
7Urban Environment
ACCESSIBLEAVAILABLE AFFORDABLE
8Urban Environment
ACCESSIBLEAVAILABLE AFFORDABLE Centralized Infrastructure
Planning Transportation
UtilitiesTelecomBuildings
Linear relationships
9Urban Environment
ACCESSIBLEAVAILABLE AFFORDABLE
Limited connectivity
Centralized Infrastructure
Planning Transportation
UtilitiesTelecomBuildings
Multimodal transportation
Community solar
10Urban Environment
ACCESSIBLEAVAILABLE AFFORDABLE ACCEPTABLE
Three components to increase acceptability & resilience
11Urban Environment
Diverse data streams New optimization frameworks
Inherent physical adaptability
Diverse data streams
Sensing of….
We need to expand our understanding and capabilities
Urban Environment
Movement patterns
Citi
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aHealth & activity levels
District energy patterns
Individual energy use
Happiness/Fulfillment
Weather patterns
Temp & humidity
Traffic patternsPhys
ical
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Building energy usage
Infrastructure aging
Air temp & wind flow
Move away from linear thinking
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Design of…
New optimization frameworks
Movement patterns
Citi
zen
Dat
aHealth & activity levels
District energy patterns
Individual energy use
Happiness/Fulfillment
Multi-agent simulation
Edge computing
Qualitative reasoning models
Cognitive computing
Human-computer collaboration
Weather patterns
Temp & humidity
Traffic patternsPhys
ical
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Building energy usage
Infrastructure aging
Air temp & wind flow
Build complex and adaptive physical systems
Urban Environment
Inherent physical adaptability
Deployment of…
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Movement patterns
Citi
zen
Dat
aHealth & activity levels
District energy patterns
Individual energy use
Happiness/Fulfillment
Weather patterns
Temp & humidity
Traffic patternsPhys
ical
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Building energy usage
Infrastructure aging
Air temp & wind flow
Mixed-use developments
LEED-certified buildings
Green infrastructure
Multi-modal transportation networks
Predictive and adaptive controls systems
Adaptable and resilient infrastructure
Human-computer generated design toolkits
Let’s build better cities, not smarter cities
Kristen Brown, Ph.D.ARPA-E [email protected]
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