The cities of the future

Technological revolution and economic factors lead to the increase of importance of the role of the cities. They should keep being comfortable for life. The futuristic cities should comply with the following requirements: compactness and comfort. the city of the future should take care of the needs of the business and its citizens and providing them with the right services.

It is important that all the modern cities provide a needed quantity of work places to its inhabitants. It should also have all the conditions necessary for the development of the business environment, including a comfortable logistics. Microsoft Citynext International has defined the main directions for the future development of the cities: education, medicine, transport, electronic government, energetics, tourism, building and security.

Innovations

The dynamic development of the cities cannot be imagined without innovations. Among the most popular innovations used in the cities we can’t but mention vertical farms and cloud technologies.

Vertical farms provide the autonomy for the cities of the future as they enable the placement of the farms and agricultural complexes in the skyscrapers. In such a way the agricultural complex will be able to move from the villages to the cities.

Nowadays, the cities spend around $100 milliard to support the creation of the infrastructure and $23 milliard of it goes for cloud solutions. These solutions help to save nature and paper when storing the data in the cloud as well as to make order and free some space in the offices and archives.

Microsoft wants to create a special service in which the inhabitants of a given region could discuss various topics, brainstorm on the development and improvement of their region and to vote for various changes.

It goes without saying that the collaboration with the government, local authorities, companies and social organizations should be on a high level. The conditions for best practices sharing between the cities and regions should be created.

Cultural projects

Speaking about the dynamic development of the cities we can’t forget about the cultural aspect of the development. The authorities, social organizations and people should support cultural development of the citizens and support various projects. Cultural projects should mainly be free of charge, so the majority of people could attend them and leverage their cultural education.

Correct development of the areas mentioned above will lead to a successful and dynamic development of the cities and will be a good base for their economic success.