Planners in the Future City: Using City Information Modelling to Support Planners as Market Actors

Abstract

Recently, Adams and Tiesdell (2010), Tewdwr-Jones (2012) and Batty (2013) have outlined the importance of information and intelligence in relation to the mediation and management of land, property and urban consumers in the future city. Traditionally, the challenge for urban planners was the generation of meaningful and timely information. Today, the urban planners' challenge is no longer the timely generation of urban data, rather, it is in relation to how so much information can be exploited and integrated successfully into contemporary spatial planning and governance. The paper investigates this challenge through a commentary on two City Information Modelling (CIM) case studies at Northumbria University, UK. This commentary is grouped around four key themes, Accessibility and availability of data, accuracy and consistency of data, manageability of data and integration of data. It is also designed to provoke discussion in relation to the exploitation and improvement of data modelling and visualisation in the urban planning discipline and to contribute to the literature in related fields. The paper concludes that the production of information, its use and modelling, can empower urban planners as they mediate and contest state-market relations in the city. However, its use should be circumspect as data alone does not guarantee delivery of a sustainable urban future, rather, emphasis and future research should be placed upon interpretation and use of data.

Taxonomy for BIM and Asset Management Semantic Interoperability

“…Meanwhile, CPA in cooperation with the BIM Task Group and the UK BIM Alliance are leading the development and implementation of LEXiCON, the plain language approach to product data definition and exchange in the UK. As part of this development, the key source of product information requirements comes from the Harmonized European Standards (hENs), standards requirements, industry recognized requirements, and client requirements (Thompson et al 2016).…”

“…Once this data is added, the PDT becomes a Product Data Sheet (PDS). The total number of fields/parameters varies from PDT to PDT depending on the asset functions and its manufacturer (Thompson et al 2016). NBS produced its own PDTs as part of its BIM toolkit which contains more than consistently structured templates covering buildings and infrastructure that state the minimum product data requirements for Level 2 BIM.…”

What makes a city ‘smart’?

“…The former is criticised for its managerial inefficiency while the latter is criticised for its neglect of external and community interests. (45) For this reason, we believe that smart urbanism that shapes and manages complex and multidimensional places by engaging multiple stakeholders would overcome the shortcomings of the above approaches.…”

Discussão da aplicação do conceito de City Information Modelling (CIM) em cidades consolidadas

“…The City Information Modelling (CIM) defined by Thompson et al (2016) as the practical application of the digital data in relation to the city planning and management collaborating with the citizens, initially presented by Khemlani (2005), where he approached the theme as an extension of the Building Information Modelling (BIM) more effectively to deal with natural disasters, contributing to a precise and digital replica of the city, which could be subjected to simulations of holistic decision making and analysis. In parallel, the Intelligent Cities concept, which according to the European Union is a place where traditional networks and services become more efficient with the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for the benefit of its population, which arose as a result of the great challenges such as the increase of the urban population, transportation needs, health and safety (ABELLA et al, 2017).…”

“…O conceito de City Information Modelling (CIM), definido por Thompson et al (2016) como a aplicação prática dos dados digitais em relação a gestão e planejamento da cidade colaborando com os cidadãos, foi apresentado inicialmente por Khemlani (2005) onde abordava o tema como uma extensão do conceito Building Information Modelling (BIM) para cidades, onde auxiliasse de forma mais eficaz a lidar com desastres naturais, contribuindo para uma réplica digital e precisa da cidade, que pudesse ser submetida a simulações de impactos de decisões e análises holísticas. Em paralelo, o conceito de Cidades Inteligentes que, segundo a União Europeia, é um lugar onde as redes e serviços tradicionais se tornam mais eficientes com o uso de Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) em benefício de sua população, surgiu em decorrência dos grandes desafios sociais como o aumento da população urbana, necessidades de transporte, saúde e segurança (ABELLA et al, 2017).…”