Category Archives: Smart City

“The Use of Knowledge in Society” – Econlib

What is the problem we wish to solve when we try to construct a rational economic order? On certain familiar assumptions the answer is simple enough.

If we possess all the relevant information,
if we can start out from a given system of preferences, and
if we command complete knowledge of available means, the problem which remains is purely one of logic. That is, the answer to the question of what is the best use of the available means is implicit in our assumptions. The conditions which the solution of this optimum problem must satisfy have been fully worked out and can be stated best in mathematical form: put at their briefest, they are that the marginal rates of substitution between any two commodities or factors must be the same in all their different uses. [From “The Use of Knowledge in Society”]
Source: “The Use of Knowledge in Society” – Econlib

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[2019] Ebook: Capacidades estatales en gobiernos locales iberoamericanos: actualidad, brechas y perspectivas

by Eduardo José Grin, Enzo Ricardo Completa, Fernando Luiz Abrucio, Ady Patricia Carrera-hernandéz

Los gobiernos subnacionales iberoamericanos – especialmente los municipios – han evidenciado numerosas transformaciones durante los últimos treinta años.1 Una característica central de las mismas ha sido el incremento de responsabilidades y atribuciones en estos niveles de gobierno, por lo general en el marco de procesos de descentralización y reforma de los Estados nacionales. Mucho se ha investigado acerca de los modelos descentralizadores iniciados a partir de las décadas de 1980 y 1990 y bastante menos sobre las recientes tendencias re-centralizadoras en la región. Por lo general, en ambos casos estos procesos se han examinado desde la mirada de los gobiernos nacionales y a partir del análisis de políticas sectoriales relacionadas con reglas y arreglos de relaciones intergubernamentales.

Source: Capacidades estatales en gobiernos locales iberoamericanos: actualidad, brechas y perspectivas by Eduardo José Grin, Enzo Ricardo Completa, Fernando Luiz Abrucio, Ady Patricia Carrera-hernandéz – Books on Google Play

[2017-01-23] How MIT Builds Cities Using Lego and Augmented Reality | Science of Teams | WIRED

The MIT Media Lab is using innovation to boil efficient teamwork down to a science. With an enhanced ability to communicate across teams, MIT is creating a workplace that shares ideas in unprecedented ways. The Changing Places group at MIT tackles large challenges like fighting pollution and urban modeling; the latter of which is being solved by using a combination of lego bricks and augmented reality.

[2017-07-18] How to Fix Traffic Forever – Wendover Productions

[2017-07-19] Smart Cities: Solving Urban Problems Using Technology – LinkedIn Learning

[2017-08-31] 7 principles for building better cities | Peter Calthorpe – TED

More than half of the world’s population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050. The way we build new cities will be at the heart of so much that matters, from climate change to economic vitality to our very well-being and sense of connectedness. Peter Calthorpe is already at work planning the cities of the future and advocating for community design that’s focused on human interaction. He shares seven universal principles for solving sprawl and building smarter, more sustainable cities.

User: MIT Senseable City Lab – MIT Senseable City

Source: MIT Senseable City Lab – YouTube

[2018-10-18] Augmented Reality City Construction Game at LEGO House – Beyond the Brick

Beyond the Brick’s Boone Langston explores the City Architect game at LEGO House in Billund, Denmark.