Cities are not smart; it depends on how tech is used by citizens. Tech use should be questioned economically, ecologically and socially. Advanced city is more sensible to cities complexities and irregularities. Sometimes cities are not smart.Technological innovation is not…
Smart cities don’t only benefit the rich but also the poor- open data, open education, free flow of information allow for knowledge creation and new jobs.Smart cities are based on sensors.Smart is synonymous to efficiency and production.It is not about…
Cities are complex systems; tech can help but is not the cure.Investment in prototypes as ‘‘policy laboratories’’ or ‘‘Change Labs’’ can create the conditions for successful integration of different perspectives and knowledge sets, facilitating breakthroughs in complex problem domains through…
Turn off tech devices and enjoy serendipity. Turn on tech devices to be guided. Tech allows you to safely lose yourself.«Urban dérive » research project will be launched this year by ENSAM. “Urban dérive” is about analysing the city from…
This report presents innovative, critical and inter- trans-disciplinary pedagogies on Advanced Urbanism education that engage undergraduate and graduate students in activities such as case based cooperative learning, problem solving, experiential learning and the use of online interactive resources and simulations,…
The Symposium Metropoles du Sud 2016 took place on the 15th and 16th of January 2016 at the CRDP of Montpellier. The students and the pedagogic team of the study field Métropoles du Sud of the School of Architecture of…
A survey of faculty and students at Harvard Business school found that what engages students most in a case is that it tell a story: “a good case presents an interestprovoking issue and promotes empathy with the central characters. It…
The case study method of instruction is a teaching method which uses discussion of a case to illustrate or to derive principles important to a profession from thecase material. Case study also provides a framework for students to analyze complex situations common to…
The booklet Liveable Cities the Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning offers a collection of case studies that showcase the benefits of urban environmental planning. Case studies share a common structure. Each starts with an explanation of why the case study…
On January 15th-16th 2016, took place the Symposium MÉTROPOLES DU SUD at Montpellier.