to build a small city one must do 3 things connected devices collect data and assess this data to find solution for the citizens but how do i benefit from the smart city here. in. the city says. taxes by using resources more efficiently with the help of sensors public spaces are only irrigated when they re too dry. the garbage bins are only emptied once they re full. in helsinki garbage trucks have become obsolete waste is transferred to underground collection points without noise or pollution. in rio de janeiro a smartphone app is enabling residents to shape their surroundings the app smart favela create a 3 dimensional avatar of the shantytowns when city planners come up with new ideas these can be looked at on the app and then citizens can vote on them.
laura: and, charles, there was a piece in the los angeles times, if my memory serves me correctly, you have to pay some of their rent. you might have seen the piece. it s kind of a cycle of drug abuse, mental illness. some people make it, which is great, but this is a problem that should really have a bipartisan solution to it but instead we are feeding more of it.what can be continue to to immediately solve this, from you? it is not a problem that can be solved quickly, i don t think. if you think back to the great depression, when unemployment was at 25% and there were shanty towns and hoovervilles being erected outside of cities and having a bonds and hobos crossing the land vagabonds and hobos crossing the country.
no space to grow. more than 40 percent of its 18000000 residents live in slums and shantytowns experts say at the heart of the problem of the city s sky high values and a powerful builders lobby. has sort of in the last 20 years for the situation collapse of a building it would mean that there will be an option off the developing. private developer and also because then they have much going on most of these buildings are in the island city and that. the prices of. cities. people residents who do decide to run down buildings in these prime areas on to much better. sunday family used to live in an old building in south
shows that are more than $14000.00 buildings in the city that have at risk of collapse due to a lack of maintainance and government apathy dealy and repairing them often have deadly consequences. last month a 4 story building collapsed at that spot killing more than a dozen people and injuring many more disasters of this kind on uncommon in the city. mumbai scrawny cows and was also linked to its dense population and scarcity of land the city is surrounded by water on 3 sites and has no space to grow. more than 40 percent of its 18000000 residents live in slums and shanty towns exposed at the heart of the problem of the city s sky high values and a powerful builders lobby. has sort of in the last 20 years. the
no space to grow. more than 40 percent of its 18000000 residents live in slums and shantytowns experts say at the heart of the problem of the city s sky high values and a powerful builders lobby. has sort of in the last 20 years for the situation collapse of building it would mean that there will be an option off redevelopment for the private developer and also because then they have much to on most of these buildings out in the island so again that. the prices of. the city. heating for residents who do decide to keep their rundown buildings in these prime areas on to much better. family used to live in an old building in south mumbai. until it partially collapsed one of.