spela

Digital Cities

I digged a little deeper into the concept of digital cities. They started to be planned in early 70ies and were designed somehow different from what the digital city is concidered today.

Before digital cities were seen as Internet access points to public information on public spaces, today they are planned as virtual networks providing services, links, information and contacts for public cooperation, education, communication, etc. based on broadband connection.

The aim of Digital Cities is to built (Toru Ishida)

1.) social information infrastructure for every day life (Internet enable us to create rich information spaces for everyday life)
2.) arena in which people in regional communities can interact and share knowledge, experience and mutual experience.
3.)DC integrate urban information (both achievable and real time) and create public spaces in the Internet for people living/visiting in/at the cities

According to Ishida digital cities consist of three layers - information, interface and interaction layer.

But from my point of view both - information and interface layer, are too narrowly understood and usually limited to city maps and city information instead to interests and services of the community that goes beyond borders of a region or a city.

Some additional articles could be found in pdf format here as part of the project Digital City Kyoto.

posted by spela @ 3/28/2006 02:39:00 PM