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Conclusions
WHAT NEXT? WISE CITIES
No one can predict the future with any degree For Hong Kong, urbanisation has never been sophisticated enough to talk to each other,
of certainty. However, we do know that what an option, as the city has had to come to leading to ‘smart’ districts and logically to
we do today can have negative – and positive terms with its transformation into a bustling ‘smart’ cities.
– implications that will shape the future. For metropolis with vertical living and super
sure, the world will continue to become more efficient infrastructure at a faster pace than Sadly, it is a fallacy that systems can become
urbanised. Accordingly, there will be more most other cities. Further urban development ‘intelligent’, which implies that they can be
people on the earth by 2050 if past trends will put more strain on Hong Kong and this intuitive and make decisions. This technology
of population growth prevail, albeit that the is the challenge that today’s building for does not yet exist. Instead, the intelligence
surges of growth will not be as pronounced sustainability must address. This is where needs to come from humans, and it is the
as those over the last century. In addition, we technology must merge with sustainable convergence of technology and sustainable
will be feeling the effects of climate change practices. Building Information Modelling is thinking that will lead to the emergence of
as temperatures increase and the weather an excellent example of enabling technology wisdom. ‘Wise’ cities will come one day as the
becomes even more unpredictable than it is where shared knowledge platforms lead to answer to the urban challenges of tomorrow.
now. more efficient use of resources and better Hong Kong is already experimenting with
finished products. The next level will be this concept in its new development areas in
smart building systems; these are already the as-yet-undeveloped spaces in the New
on the market, so it is only a matter of time Territories. Linking buildings with energy grid
before they become commonplace and infrastructure and transportation systems is
affordable. Eventually, systems will become not far off. This is the future of cities.
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WHAT NEXT? WISE CITIES
No one can predict the future with any degree For Hong Kong, urbanisation has never been sophisticated enough to talk to each other,
of certainty. However, we do know that what an option, as the city has had to come to leading to ‘smart’ districts and logically to
we do today can have negative – and positive terms with its transformation into a bustling ‘smart’ cities.
– implications that will shape the future. For metropolis with vertical living and super
sure, the world will continue to become more efficient infrastructure at a faster pace than Sadly, it is a fallacy that systems can become
urbanised. Accordingly, there will be more most other cities. Further urban development ‘intelligent’, which implies that they can be
people on the earth by 2050 if past trends will put more strain on Hong Kong and this intuitive and make decisions. This technology
of population growth prevail, albeit that the is the challenge that today’s building for does not yet exist. Instead, the intelligence
surges of growth will not be as pronounced sustainability must address. This is where needs to come from humans, and it is the
as those over the last century. In addition, we technology must merge with sustainable convergence of technology and sustainable
will be feeling the effects of climate change practices. Building Information Modelling is thinking that will lead to the emergence of
as temperatures increase and the weather an excellent example of enabling technology wisdom. ‘Wise’ cities will come one day as the
becomes even more unpredictable than it is where shared knowledge platforms lead to answer to the urban challenges of tomorrow.
now. more efficient use of resources and better Hong Kong is already experimenting with
finished products. The next level will be this concept in its new development areas in
smart building systems; these are already the as-yet-undeveloped spaces in the New
on the market, so it is only a matter of time Territories. Linking buildings with energy grid
before they become commonplace and infrastructure and transportation systems is
affordable. Eventually, systems will become not far off. This is the future of cities.
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