Japan sparks new life in local communities with human-centric smart cities paid JapanGov
In local lore “customer is god,” and the customers of any city are its people. In the Japanese sense, being smart when approaching city planning and development means finding ways for “customers” to have a better quality of life, healthier communities and strong regional values. Being smart is about directing future advances in ICT toward ever-changing social needs.
The solution, as Japan envisions it, is to combine the best of today’s technology with a united social front. In other words, an organ that connects all stakeholders of a community in order to create, test, and distribute solutions that balance economic development with social improvement. The city builders, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., however, set themselves a bigger mission. “From the first, we wanted this to be a place for innovation,” said Kazunori Yamashita, Managing Officer and GM of Kashiwa-no-ha Urban Planning and Development at Mitsui Fudosan.
Kazunori Yamashita, Managing Officer and GM, and Kaori Nishibayashi, project leader, at the Kashiwa-no-ha Urban Planning and Development of Mitsui Fudosan. The two say Japan’s smart cities are long-term experiments that open a window into the future.Since its genesis in 2001, Kashiwa-no-ha has tackled ways to improve citizen’s health and set up one of Japan’s biggest co-working areas to stimulate idea exchange among entrepreneurs and professionals.
The existence of a master plan does not prevent flexibility. UDCK is open to “any kind” of collaboration, the professor said. In fact, Kashiwa-no-ha started hosting annually Japan’s Asian Entrepreneurship Award in 2012 to make the smart city more international. The project began with the idea of improving existing public transport, but has evolved into a much bigger initiative to re-think why people travel at all. Now, the city is one of a select number in Japan starting to pioneer Mobility as a Service , which seeks to integrate local buses, trains, taxis and other modes of transport into a single on-demand app.
To enact the master vision, Maebashi has its own organizational consortium. It includes the local Gunma University, transport firm Nippon Chuo Bus, and city authorities, which take on key coordinating functions, moderators between business, academia, and public services such as police, road workers, and others.
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