Greg Contente & Ellie WendellFebruary 15th, 2013

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT &

THE URBAN PLANNERA grassroots perspective of how new technologies

can boost global efforts in the 21st century

BACKGROUND

WHAT IS AN URBAN PLANNER?

Photo taken from HOK’s Urban Planning Blog

WHAT IS AN URBAN PLANNER?

An Urban Planner takes knowledge of spatial economics and uses it to coordinate diverse stakeholders in a cohesive direction

Bloustein Studio Work

OBJECTIVES

New technologies filling infrastructure gaps

Planners’ approach international

development at the grassroots level

Facilitate an open discussion about

collaborative uses of technology to tackle the global issues of the 21st

century

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Intellectual framework: Amartya Sen Informs approach to planning Delivery of basic services

Capabilities

Removal of

‘Unfreedoms’

AccessDevelopm

entChoice

Sen, Amartya. Development as Freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999

MOBILE MARKET CHANGERS

MOBILE MARKET CHANGERS

ECOLOGIC

ECOLOGIC

ECOLOGIC

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY

For more, please visit Architecture for Humanity’s Haiti webpage http://architectureforhumanity.org/updates/2013-01-12-bati-byen-rebuilding-in-haiti-2012-year-in-review

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY

For more, please visit Architecture for Humanity’s Haiti webpage http://architectureforhumanity.org/updates/2013-01-12-bati-byen-rebuilding-in-haiti-2012-year-in-review

TECHNOLOGY FOR SERVICE DELIVERY

RECURRING THEMES

Availability of Reliable Data

New and Expanding

Markets

Data and tools to run NGOs & small businesses in

developing countries

Informal settlements and informal

economic activity

Emerging global entrepreneurship

class

Difficulties in monitoring and

evaluation

Crowd sourcing

Changes to behavior and accessibility of

information

CHALLENGE AND POTENTIAL

How can the international development industry use technology to scale localized efforts?

How can planners navigate multiple disciplines and combine scattered efforts into one collaborative urban system?

Photo: Atlas of Economic Complexity

TO CONSIDER

How trends in international development are influencing the shape and connectivity of cities

Opportunities for planners and technologists to link grassroots service delivery efforts

Public participation