ICE - Urban Design and Planning Publishes Article

16/07/2018

BWPI is pleased to announce the publication of the article An Outline to Future-proofing Our Cities with Ten Immediate Steps in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and Planning on 13rd July.

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ISSN 1755-0793 | E-ISSN 1755-0807
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Abstract
​It’s time to accept the fact that the world is changing very, very fast. Technology, business and social structures are rapidly evolving to meet new challenges. But cities are slow to respond. They take time to plan, finance and construct. By the time they are built they are already out of date. In fact, using past metrics to plan future development, which continues to be standard practice, is appearing to be a redundant model and a very costly one at that.

​ This paper identifies ten key areas where governments, planners, investors and the individuals responsible for shaping our cities, can refocus their priorities and funding in order to more effectively utilise both the limited financial and natural resources available. Entering a period of massive disruption, a paradigm shift is urgently required in the means of conceiving, delivering and managing city development.

​Key words

Affordability;  Automation;  Disruptors; Futureproofing;  Green-Infrastructure; Monitoring;  Parking;  Planning; Sustainability;  Transport;  Urbanisation; Water;  Wellness.

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The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three quarters are located in the UK, while the rest are located in more than 150 other countries..

The ICE aims to support the civil engineering profession by offering professional qualification, promoting education, maintaining professional ethics, and liaising with industry, academia and government. Under its commercial arm, it delivers training, recruitment, publishing and contract services.

​As a professional body, ICE aims to support and promote professional learning (both to students and existing practitioners), managing professional ethics and safeguarding the status of engineers, and representing the interests of the profession in dealings with government, etc. It sets standards for membership of the body; works with industry and academia to progress engineering standards and advises on education and training curricula.