Concept Paper
Building Smart Cities
with the UDC Concept
The Latest Solution to Build the Real
Smart Cities
Michinaga Kohno
President and Chief Executive Officer
Michi Creative City Designers Inc.
About the Author
40+ years’ experiences in Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi
Ltd.
Manufacturing technologies (Research into robotics and production planning) [20 years]
[10 years]
Internal information systems (Operation of business apps and networks)
Strategic planning and management of technologies (Business strategies) [10 years]
Freelance Consultant on Smart Cities
Eastern Economic Forum
(Vladivostok, 2016)
Smart Cities Week
(Washington DC, 2017)
Smart City Expert Forum APEC Smart City Workshop
(Jinang, China, 2016)
(Jakarta, 2017)
“Реальное Время”
(2018)
“Latest Landscape of Smart
Cities in the West 2017” “Unlocking the Future Society
(2017)
with a Smart City Model”
“ОСТРОВ” https://www.amazon.com/
(2019)[Written in Japanese]
(Vladivostok, dp/B0756V1P5F
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07QSQ
2018)
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Contents
1. Backgrounds
2. Quadruple Helix
3. Urban Design Center
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Contents
1. Backgrounds
2. Quadruple Helix
3. Urban Design Center
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Smart Cities: From Technology to Lifestyle
2008 - 2012
Emerging of the
First Hype
Old-fashioned
Smart Cities
 Industry-led
 Technologyoriented
2012 - 2015
Days of
Disappointment
2015 -
Revival of
the Boom
Today’s Smart
Cities
 Citizen-centric
 Problem-solvingoriented
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New Model of Public-Private Partnership
Role model of President Obama’s
Smart City Initiative (2015)
Research with city as
the fields
Localized rules
Easing of regulations
Coordinating
stakeholders
University
Municipality
PPP
Lead Player
Project
Promotion
ICT
Startups
Industry
Santander Smart City
(Spain)
Residents
Universities
Companies
City Council
Citizens
Essential Player
Supplier of
technological vision
and experiences in
other cities
Identification of
problems and assembly
of solutions
 Source: Presentation material of Santander Smart City
(Spain)
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Contents
1. Backgrounds
2. Quadruple Helix
3. Urban Design Center
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“Quadruple Helix” – Evolution of Open Innovation
A system to create innovations
Originated from the discussions in “Open Innovation 2.0”
of EU
Evolution of
Open Innovation
University
Private
Industry
Collaboration of academia
and industry
Residents
University
Private
Industry
Public
University
Private
Industry
Quadruple Helix:
Triple Helix:
Double Helix:
Public
Institutional and
financial support
by governments
Participation of citizens
as beneficiaries of
innovation
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“Quadruple Helix” Models
(Shared) visions for the region
Different views on the
desirable future of the region
Forming and executing own
strategies AND “visioning
between visions”
Quadruple helix
collaboration
Regional development
networks
Different views on the regional
resources and competences
Creation and utilisation
of regional resources
and competences
Current situation of the region:
Regional resources and competences
Source: Open Innovation 2.0, Horizon 2020, EU
Universities
Industry
Government
Citizens
Source: Quadruple Helix, Innovation and the Knowledge-Based
Development, J.Kolehmainen et al., Journal of the Knowledge
Economy, 7, 23-42 (2016)
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Contents
1. Backgrounds
2. Quadruple Helix
3. Urban Design Center
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Urban Design Center
The advocator
The late Professor Takeru Kitazawa (1953-2009)
1977-1997 Urban Design Bureau, Yokohama City
1997-2009 Professor of Tokyo University (Department of Urban Engineering, and School
of Frontier Science)
“San-Kan-Gaku”
“Ko-Min-Gaku”
官
公
[Kan]
[Ko]
[Jumin]
Governments
Public
Residents
住民
民
[Min]
学
産
学
民間
[Gaku]
[San]
[Gaku]
[Minkan]
University
Industry
University
Private
Industry
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Urban Design Center (UDC)
1. UDC is the hub of public-private-peopleuniversity partnership,
2. Anybody, who is interested in the
sustainable development of his/her city or
neighborhood, can join the activities.
3. Professionals on urban space design
lead the activities,
4. Open lectures are held in the center, to
which mothers with children can join
and express their thoughts.
5. UDCs are expanding in Japan.
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Unique Characteristics of UDC
 To place a base at a specific region
→ To absolutely act at the field of a concrete region
 In order to solve the regional problems and to create the future
→ To tackle the issues from the new angles under the vision of
future creation
 Under the leadership of experts of urban planning and
community design
→ Professionals with expertise fulfill their responsibilities, and
directly get involved in the region
 Collaboration of public, citizens, private industry, and academia
→ To propose new ideas and to work together overshooting
the barriers of traditional business sectors, expertise and
standpoints
 A structure to carry out urban design and management
→ To configure stories through editing the regional resources,
and to carry out management to bring sustainable
attractiveness and liveliness to the design of space,
environments and field, and to cities and regions
 Different to private consultants
offering services to variety of
regions
 Different to Support Centers
for Civic Activities
 Not an affiliated organization of
government, nor a laboratory
of a university
 Different to urban community
companies with the main focus
on the management
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Structure of mass-collaboration
Public
Sectors
Public finance and institutions
Integration capabilities
Local government
Sources of activities
Desires of individual
stakeholders
To ensure the services and environments
needed by the region with high efficiency
To energize the local economy by promoting
move-ins and attracting enterprises
NPOs
To contribute to the local communities
with the new knowledge
To complement public services and activities
the local government cannot offer
Academic
researchers
Residents
To protect safe, comfortable and
convenient living environments
Acting power
MassCollaboration
To demonstrate and commercialize the
research achievements within the region
Research institutions
Students
Citizens
To realize joyful and stimulus lifestyle
To study and act in a practical
manner in the region
Academia
To attract more customers and visitors
Retailers
Financial capabilities
Private
Stakeholders
To enhance and advertise the attractiveness
of the region with the purposes of selling land
and floors
To contribute to the local communities by
leveraging the professional knowledge
Professionals
Local industry
Real estate developers
Know-how, planning &
adjusting capabilities
Leading-edge
knowledge
Networking UDCs
General Incorporated Foundation “UDC Initiative”
Misono
Omiya
Tamura
Koriyama
Kashiwanoha
Sakai
Kashiwa
Biwako/Kusatsu
Takashimadaira
Kobe
Ohta
Island City
Kyushu Univ.
Yokohama
Matsuyama
Chigasaki
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Contact
Michinaga Kohno
President and Chief Executive Officer
Michi Creative City Designers Inc.
michi@michi-city.com
982-6 Oigamori, Nagasaka-cho,
Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture,
408-0032 Japan
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