Internet seems to be the most
important tool, which contemporary society has for a sensitive development for future
cities. Crowd sourcing platforms can help the community to take care about the
place they live in. Online platforms seem to lead an important role in the
future development of our cities. Not less it seems to be a well-rounded
solution for post-disaster cities. The great potential, that the web has, to
connect people, share ideas and make it real, is the present of our cities.
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23 August 2005 New Orleans
6 April 2009 L’Aquila ,
Italy
12 January 2010 Haiti
27 February 2010 Chile
11 March 2011 Sendai
All these cities
experienced a post disaster situation. It seems that the first compelling need
was to give an economic recovery to the country, but the most important role
about the reconstruction is played by the community and its involvement on the rebuilding.
For example after hurricane Katrina, a system was apllied, which allowed the citizens to get
informed, helped to generate actions of intervention and to avoid the
disintegration of the community. The creation of platforms like this, in order
to connect different stakeholders and measure the results of the strategies of
the regional reconstruction, was an important tool to spread knowledge about
the situation and a good way to control the results achieved.
The important role
of a coordination program and a strategy of reconstruction has a relevant aspect,
which consists in participated reconstruction. Creating a network of people,
spreading information and making it simple is the opposite solution to the massive
intervention by external governance, which in most cases, when the
emergency is high, seems to have no interest in the community. In this
entire background internet is a successful contemporary tool that helps realize a sensitive reconstruction.
The word about we speak is ‘local
innovation’ and the performances flow between web and territory. The transformations
of our cities go through the potential for self-organization of the social
network for participatory projects. Actually there are a lot of online
platforms, with the common purpose to connect people and share ideas about the
city they live in and then transform it into reality.
-www.urbanexperience.it: is a project
of cultural planning for cities to play through the creativity of social
networks: to reinvent public space between the web and territory.
For the city of L’Aquila
-www.3e32.org: a laboratory for the
rebuilding of the city of L’Aquila
-www.openricostruzione.it: an open platform to control the resources for the reconstruction.
Other interesting projects for a
sensitive reconstruction, in different countries are:
-www.reclaimingheritage.org: a collective team working on exploring the
potentials of using reclaimed building materials for a sensitive post-disaster
reconstruction that includes cultural values and the retention of heritage by
means of material reuse and recycling.
-www.prosjekthaiti.org: a non-profit and no-politically humanitarian organisation, whose goal is to contribute to a positive development forHaiti
-www.prosjekthaiti.org: a non-profit and no-politically humanitarian organisation, whose goal is to contribute to a positive development for
But not at all other networks have a similar goal to connect people and crate
an involved development of the city they live in.
-www.thecity2.org: a collaborative platform to share ideas and stories
about urban transformation. The City 2.0 gives a voice to the masses,
allowing anyone to share their ideas and stories about urban experience and
cultivating a better future city.
-www.wasteland-twinning.net: a network forum that
brings together the international project partners of the Wasteland Twinning
Network from across Europe, Asia, USA and Australia, in order to examine often invisible
perspectives on power relations, land use, urban development and ecology of the
cities involved. It is a catalyst
for collaborative research approaches, critique and experimentation.
-www.open-berlin.org: a
platform about the future development of Berlin
-www.spacehive.com: a crowd funding platform for neighbourhood
improvement projects. It gives community members the chance to beautify their
public spaces. Users can pitch their own ideas, receiving fundraising and
technical assistance.
-www.neighborland.com: a collaborative platform for sharing ideas about
urban development. A digital platform where city residents can express their
needs, share their ideas and discuss others' suggestions. It connects community
members in an effort to generate change in their neighbourhoods based on the
ideas posted online.
-www.giveaminute.info: a digital outlet to share ideas and engage in
dialogue about urban improvement.
-www.popularise.com: online crowd sourcing platform focused on local
development, that allow to get involved in local development and give a new way
to interact with local community.
U.G.
credits:
inspirations: www.domusweb.it/it/news/l-aquila-20
goodnet.org
U.G.
credits:
inspirations: www.domusweb.it/it/news/l-aquila-20
goodnet.org
