Technology
There are many reasons to believe that this city should be a high-tech city to live up to its promise. There are an equal number or maybe even more reasons to believe that this should be a city with much less technology than our current cities. What is the right choice? Let's try to find out.
Key topics to investigate include:
- How exactly do we define "technology"? We have a separate section about telecommunication - which is of course linked to this topic. But similarly transport requires vehicles - and buildings are also full of technology. Let's start by describing what technology exists and the role it performs in existing cities.
- What is the current impact of technology? Can we quantify the good and the bad?
- Are there ways to identify "required" technologies - those technologies that would likely allow a city to be productive and efficient so that it can cater to the needs of the residents, but excluding those technologies that do not have a net positive value on the city's productivity or residents' wellbeing?
- Can we develop a set of parameters to decide on the relevance of a technology? Can we convert the Triple 95 rule in a way that it can be used as a scorecard to judge different technologies? E.g. if it doesn't help restore ecosystem services and it doesn't improve wellbeing, then it shouldn't be used.
- Technology is almost always made primarily of non-compostable materials. Can this change? Which parts have to be from non-biomass materials? Are there options to swap out certain materials for others if there is a strongly positive environmental trade-off?
Ideas and resources
We are looking for ideas and resources in the field of Technology that may enable a city to adhere to the Triple 95 rule. Please help out!
| Title | Author(s) | Relevance |
|---|---|---|
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Aligning artificial intelligence with climate change mitigation
Journal Article | Nature Climate Change |
Kaack et al. Kaack, Lynn H. and Donti, Priya L. and Strubell, Emma and Kamiya, George and Creutzig, Felix and Rolnick, David | None |
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Global Environment Outlook Small Island Developing States Outlook
Book |
Al-Jenaid et al. Al-Jenaid, Sabah and Chiu, Anthony (Shun Fung) and Dahl, Arthur and Fleischmann, Karl and Garcia, Keisha and Graham, Mark and King, Peter and Kubiszewski, Ida and McManus, John and Ragoonaden, Sachooda and Ratter, Beate and Singh, Asha and Suckoo, Richard and Weech, Philip and Fletcher, James | None |
Discussion
Questions or comments around Technology? Let's chat!