RISE’s CityTech Program for Smart Urban
Technologies
RISE has a passion for the intersection of technology and the urban environment
and the emerging smart city.
The smart city is no longer a dream. It is here. RISE would welcome an opportunity
to lead you through this new and exciting technology space.
RISE is different. We employ both urban planners and technologists who work side
by side and have a holistic view of how the built environment and urban technology
intersect.
Although the wired, smart city is in its infancy, urban technology adoption is swift.
Recall the rapid adoption of the Internet in the late 20th century and you can
imagine how rapidly technology is evolving on the new urban frontier. Who would
have thought 50 or even 15 years ago that one would have an entire encyclopedia, a
complete music collection and even be able to purchase a movie ticket directly from
a 2.5” x 5” device in your purse or pocket? This exponential explosion in technology
is about to hit our cities.
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The World Health Organization states by 2030 6 out of every 10 people will live in a
city, and by 2050, this proportion will increase to 7 out of 10 people. Urban planners
and decision makers will be called upon to provide solutions to support these
growing city populations while improving overall quality of life. Many of these
solutions will come from information technology.
RISE is working with a variety urban technology solutions that will change and
make communities, towns, cities more efficient and prosperous. RISE works with
city leaders and developers to educate, plan and deploy new urban technologies.
Using many of the same technology platforms and strategies employed to reinvent
businesses in the late 20th century, RISE assists towns, cities and regions with
applications and solutions to address urban problems.
RISE will not only consult with you on and install new urban technologies; we
educate urban professionals about how to apply them. We are witnessing a
momentous shift from a rural based society to an urbanized one. It may be time that
the land use and community planner becomes better acquainted with hardware,
software and internet solutions.
So how does a professional trained in the social sciences quickly become
conversant with the rapidly changing toolkit of emerging urban, internet-based,
information technologies? Moreover, how do professionals trained in land use
planning make informed decisions about how technology should be applied in a
controlled manner to our built environments?
RISE argues that it starts with city leaders, urban planners, other land use
professionals and developers. Planners quickly will have to become familiar with
and proficient in using concepts such as big data, cloud sourcing, Bluetooth retailing,
urban probes and sensors and smart utilities. These will empower them to forecast
and then plan the future of a community.
As comprehensive plans move from static documents to more fluid, computeraccessed ones, the manner in which urban planners and policy makers consider and
introduce information technology will need to evolve. Questions such as how
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allowing autonomous vehicles in a community could impact surface parking lots,
parking ratios and transportation planning is an example of what we can help you
explore.
RISE has both technologists and urban planners on staff who fully grasp how
technology is being applied to:
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Urban Planning
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Urban Design
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Transportation
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Construction
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Housing
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Recreation
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Environmental Preservation
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Utilities
RISE understands how these technologies function and how to deploy them to make
your community healthier and safer and reduce your community’s costs.
RISE has been assessing emerging urban technologies for more than a decade and
offers as:
1. A full inventory of emerging urban technologies and the know-how to
integrate them for your unique needs.
2. RISE CityTech Seminars which are used to expose urban planners,
community planners, land use planners and developers to emerging
technologies. These enable users to incorporate them into the development
comprehensive plans, new town designs, and retrofitting existing
neighborhoods.
FREE CityTech Urban Technology Seminar
RISE views technology as part of a holistic, services-oriented approach to
energizing cities. RISE is always excited to share and educate how new
technologies can improve neighborhoods, communities and cities. RISE
would love to give a FREE presentation about technologies for the urban
environment to municipal leaders, urban planners, urban designers,
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architects, engineers or developers. To reserve a time for your CityTech
Seminar, please call RISE at 240-258-8870 or email us at support@risesg.com.
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