IE Essay - L. How do you envision the city of the future?

1. My Vision Of A Futuristic City
By Chavali Raja Sri Harsha

2. The City
of the
Future
Family
Education
Infrastructure
Communication
Safety &
Policing
Governance
The Future City: A Synopsis
I think the city of the future is going to be a great place to live in!
Below are what I imagine to be the key arenas of life as we know it, that will have evolved
for the better in this futuristic city.

3. FAMILY
More and more
nuclear
households.
Looser extended
family
connections.
Gender divide
reduced; more
equal role-
sharing on the
domestic and
professional front
Increase in
“adoptive”
families
New families
created by
increase in LGBT
rights
Increased role
of technology in
raising children
and connecting
Families
Summing it up: The paradigms under which families
operate are likely to see a lot of change. Families of the
future will be more loosely-knit, and accepting of
differences.
THE FAMILY LANDSCAPE

4. Primary Education
Secondary Education
Professional
Skills
Summing it up: Education in the future is likely to be more customized and choice-driven.
This will likely create a race of free-thinkers, who will work across a wider array of
professions.
 Neighborhood Learning Centers - smaller than current schools, closer to
learners' homes, alternate teaching methodologies ( rather,
what is considered alternate today).
 Primary education will be more accessible to people through the
internet and other smart devices.
 More customized offerings will exist at secondary school level, so that students
can get an early start on their professions of choice.
 Education will move over completely to the digital sphere – textbooks and copy-books will
have become a thing of the past.
 The city of the future will have professions that do not exist today, that may be beyond our imagination even.
 Technology will be an integral part of all professional fields, and hence technology as a skill will be valued more and
more.
 Cross-cultural student forums and learning forums will assume even greater significance.
 The emphasis would be more on practicum than theory.
 Social Intelligence, Cross -Cultural Competency , Trans-disciplinary Leadership and Computational thinking are
likely to be some of the most-valued skills of the future.
EDUCATION REVITALIZED

5. Healthcare
•Digital diagnostics is going to revolutionize and ease the diagnosis of diseases.
• Remote-healthcare will gain more traction in the city of the future.
Water
•So as to ensure that Water is available to all, proper management will be emphasized which includes creation of new water sources through desalination of Sea
Water and recycling of surface Waters, leakage -free distribution of water through intact Pipelines.
• Smart Water Meters to control the excessive usage of water at homes and industries and perfect forecast of demand & supply through analytics.
Power
• Sustainable shale gas usage , Solar Power, and energy recovered from waste would generate sufficient power to meet the needs of the population.
•Energy efficient buildings, LED lights, Energy Harvesting and Advanced Batteries & Storage devices will enable the city to save the limited energy resources
generated.
Transport
Summing it up : The Infrastructure of the future will make daily living much more
comfortable and effortless.
• Further increase in usage of Public transportation Systems , effective lane, street and road management , increased and flexible air services will provide
hassle -free transportation to the public.
• Automatic, self-driving vehicles will be the order of the day.
SMART INFRASTRUCTURE

6. •Evolved Touch Screen
Technologies will ease the
communication.
•Reality Glasses will change the
communication sector
completely.
•Brain – Computer Interfaces
will help the people in the city
to understand the moods of
others and thereby contribute
to effective communication.
•Virtual , holographic meetings
would almost erase in-person
meetings.
•Technologies like 5G and 6G
would make mobile networks
faster and communication
better and faster.
•Intelligent Personal Assistants
like Amazon’s Echo would
revolutionize the use of mobile
networks
•Perfect translators will be in
place, which helps people to
understand various languages
in no time and respond to
others.
• ‘Everything on the cloud’ will
be an everyday reality.
Internet Telecom
New Means
of
Face to Face
COMMUNICATION - REDIFINED

7. THE NEW ORDER
Crime Control :Cyber-crime is going to be
the biggest challenge of crime-control.
High Definition CCTVs,
Hotlines, Panic Buttons,
Vehicle Monitors and a City
Command Centre
monitoring the safety will
keep crime under check.
Technologies integrated
with Police, Fire stations,
Hospitals, Private Security
and Building Management
Team will help immediate
action to mitigate losses.
Disaster Relief:
Evolved Disaster
Relief Techniques
to identify and
mitigate calamity
damage
The evolved GIS :
Geographic Information
System
RS : Remote Sensing will
help the city avert the worst
losses of a natural calamity
and help restore order.
SAFETY AND POLICING

8. Decentralized City
Governance will
make governance
more transparent
Municipal Councils
Increased Citizen
engagement
Increased
Electronic Voting
Active Social
Media Monitoring
Residential Colony
committees
Municipal Councils and Residential Committees can effectively be governed with the below
GOVERNANCE – A NEW STRUCTURE

9. THE UTOPIAN IDEAL
My vision of the future may seem rather Utopian and negligent
of the consequences of current problems afflicting the world.
However, it is the citizens of today who have to lay the
foundation for this magnificent city of the future. I believe that a
very optimistic vision is beneficial, even necessary, for us to start
building this beautiful city of the future.