TY - JOUR T1 - Living in Living Cities JF - Artificial Life Y1 - 2013 A1 - Carlos Gershenson KW - cities KW - Self-organization KW - traffic KW - transport AB -

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.

VL - In Press UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.3659 ER -