01124nas a2200157 4500008004100000245002800041210002800069490001300097520073900110653001100849653002200860653001200882653001400894100002300908856003500931 2013 eng d00aLiving in Living Cities0 aLiving in Living Cities0 vIn Press3 a
This paper presents and overview of current and potential applications of living technology to urban problems. Living technology can be described as technology that exhibits the core features of living systems. These features can be useful to solve dynamic problems. In particular, urban problems concerning mobility, logistics, telecommunications, governance, safety, sustainability, and society and culture are presented, while solutions involving living technology are reviewed. A methodology for developing living technology is mentioned, while self-organizing traffic lights are used as a case study of the benefits of urban living technology. Finally, the usefulness of describing cities as living systems is discussed.
10acities10aSelf-organization10atraffic10atransport1 aGershenson, Carlos uhttp://arxiv.org/abs/1111.3659