Areas of implementation of SCPs
| Area of implementation | Description of activity (examples) |
|---|---|
| Environment | Renewable energy, efficient use of water, A solution was accepted in the said city, Masdar, in the United Arab Emirates involving turning off showers automatically after several minutes, whilst water and energy consumption is monitored by a smart computer network enabling the public supplier to intervene, if the user is too ‘wasteful’, see David Biello, ‘Eco-Cities of the future’ (2008) 6 Scientific American Earth 68–73 |
| Quality of life | The development of underground transport, which frees up space at ground level for comfortable and clean cycling, the extension of the network of cycle paths, digital parking meters sending information to navigation devices, when and where a space is freed up, the creation or expansion of the social and technical infrastructure |
| Management | Participation treated as a process and not a state, that is, admitting an objective criterion that reflects preferences of urban communities |
| People | The development and use of the potential of the cumulative experience and knowledge of urban communities, the acceptance that the basis of the project and the condition of use by the inhabitants is the creation of social ties (relationships), the promotion of variety, an atmosphere of freedom, tolerance and dynamism |