Biography
Biography: Kam Tara
Abstract
The talk aims to provide an overview of elements that are associated with the urban environment in order to achieve “smart city†objectives while maintaining the ‘sense of a place’ together with its practicality and financial feasibility. “Smart cities†are the current planning mantra in many parts of the world and we aim to provide an overview of elements that are associated with the urban environment. Fieldwork and interviews in Japan has led the authors to formulate five elements: accessibility, amenity, axis, affordability and ancestry. Using case studies of cities in Japan we apply principles of adaptability and applicability to critically assess the relevance of some of these elements as they relate to movements of goods and people and urban character in these high-density areas.