Urbanisation

Technological
1. Techno-reliance
How vulnerable are you?
2. Energy
How is your city powered?
3. Transport
How will you move around?
4. Intelligent buildings
Will your home be smart?

According to the Intelligent Building Group, "An intelligent building provides a sustainable, responsive, effective and supportive environemnt within which individuals and organisations can achieve their objectives." Intelligent buildings can be high-tech or low-tech. For exmaple, high-tech buildings can form interconnected hubs within citywide infrastructures. Modular construction, on the other hand, can provide low-cost, low-tech housing suited to the environemnt.

The 'house of the future' prouject has investigated teh implications of enviromental, social, and energy-=source changes on future house design. Passive solar heating, greater use of daylight, natural venilationa and natural colling systems can be incorporated cost-effectively intomost buildings. Solar water heating, photovoltaics, wind turbines, and geothermal energy systems can be incorporated to utilise resources such as the sun and the wind to produce clean energy. Ways to collect rainfall and reduce water use are also being identified. Other forms of water conservation include the use of greywater systems to filter and recycle water from bathrooms and washing machines for re-use in flushing toilets or irrigation.

5. Connectivity
How do you keep in touch?

Social
1. Community
Do you know your neighborhoods?
2. Aspirations
Are urban opportunities a myth?
3. Health
Is city living good for you?
4. Housing
Is the roof over your head robust?
5. Growth
Is your city too big?

Economic
1. Employment
Can cities provide enough jobs?
2. Global economy
Who controls your job?
3. Poverty
Are there two cities within each city?
4. Agriculture
Where should your food be grown?
5. Congestion
How long do you wait?

Environmental
1. Urban footprint
How many worlds will an urban future need?
2. Natural disasters
Is your city in the right place?
3. Eco-cities
How green is your city?
4. Flooding
Will your city drown?
5. Heat islands
How will you keep cool?

Political
1. Rural areas
Who will be left?
2. Planning policies
Who are cities planned for?
3. Infrastructure
Who should pay?
4. Displaced communities
Where will the refugees go?
5. Mayors
Who do you want to govern you?