Designing for Cities: Technology and the Urban Experience (Paperback)

How can todays growing cities use technology and design to improve their infrastructure, management, and quality of life? In this OReilly report, Paul McConnell and Mike Clare from Intersection review how connected services and platforms are redefining how cities function, and how people interact within them.As the world becomes more urbanized and connected, design methods can be applied to some of the most critical challenges among three major groups: citizens, civic stakeholders, and commercial interests.This report will provide you with background, examples, and approaches for citizen-centered experiences and civic innovation projects. The authors provide examples from projects including the MTA Subway System and LinkNYCan ambitious program to replace New Yorks aging pay phone infrastructure with the worlds largest and fastest free municipal Wi-Fi network.