“The documentary ‘Thinking Cities’ deals with one of the most dramatic societal trends happening today: urbanization. The world population is expected to soar to more than 9 billion people by 2050, with roughly 70 percent living in cities. At the same time, Information Communications Technology (ICT) is extending its reach.
These parallel trends are intersecting at a time in which the world faces serious economic, environmental, and social challenges in achieving a more sustainable development. Thinking Cities explores the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in the Networked Society.”
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The problem with today’s cities is the very poor hardware, which claims an energy intensive software. To deal with all the problems of cities we need a far better hardware: http://permaculture.org.au/2012/03/27/geospatial-analysis-and-living-urban-geometry/