Impacts of ICTon Taipei’s City Development

Dr. Feng-Tyan LinProfessor and Director

Graduate Institute of Building and Planning

National Taiwan University

Contents

• Introduction

• Basic Concepts and the Goal

• Citizens’s e-life

• Spatial Pattern

• Strategies

• Conclusions

Introduction

• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) becomes a critical factor for global cities nowadays.

• Taipei is one of the best information cities worldwide.

• Mayor Ma’s vision to establish Cyber City-Taipei with operation, management, design, research, training and incubation centers.

Questions

• What is “information city”?

• How do ICT impact on citizens’ and business activities?

• How do ICT change urban development in terms of land use and spatial pattern?

• How to empower information capability by urban development?

ServiceService Application / Goal

government, industry, family, person, ( life, production, environment protection, government, industry, family, person, ( life, production, environment protection, ecology), flows of money, flows of human power, flows of goods, flows of ecology), flows of money, flows of human power, flows of goods, flows of information...information...

DataData Raw data / secondary data

land, population, education, industry, economics, transportation, building, formal land, population, education, industry, economics, transportation, building, formal information, urban development, nature environment, history, culture, technology, information, urban development, nature environment, history, culture, technology, business, environment protection, entertainment, community empowerment, business, environment protection, entertainment, community empowerment, coordination, real-time information...coordination, real-time information...

InfrastructureInfrastructure

Technology

digitalize & intelligent digitalize & intelligent network / WAP / GPRS / network / WAP / GPRS / IA facilities / ISP / ATM / IA facilities / ISP / ATM / B2C / GPS / ITS / wireless B2C / GPS / ITS / wireless broadband network / Blue broadband network / Blue ToothTooth

Fiber / integrated pipe / urban design guideline / bandwidth planning

communication protocol / standardization

network management / laws and rules / CA / right-of-way

fixed network / HFC / preserved pipe / communication base

Tele-communication / information integrated service

HardwareHardware

SoftwareSoftware

Public sectorPublic sector Private sectorPrivate sector

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plements: organization, law

s, land use rules...C

omplem

ents: organization, laws, land use rules...

Social Social & & CulturCulturee

Trend life style, industry type, economic trend, generality, multi-sector, values, life style, industry type, economic trend, generality, multi-sector, values, communication method, personalize products, BTO (window and re-production), communication method, personalize products, BTO (window and re-production), unsensuousness, competition vs. cooperation, request of productsunsensuousness, competition vs. cooperation, request of products

SpatialSpatial

PatternPattern

Urban Urban

DevelopmentDevelopmentIntelligent Science, Technology and Business Parks/ Internet-coffee Intelligent Science, Technology and Business Parks/ Internet-coffee shop/ back office/ land use zoning regulationsshop/ back office/ land use zoning regulations

Goal

Establishing Taipei as an information city for global, sustainable and humane development.

Citizens’ e-life

e-learning

e-mail

web brow

sing

on-line computer gam

es

chating

digital library

digital museum

on-line shopping

mobile phones

e-ticket

home security

video on demand

video conference

remote health care

student ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★housewife ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★senior citizen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★traveler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★commuter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★worker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★sales person ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

E-place

• Telecommunicating and transmitting messages everywhere

• Computer room at schools, offices, libraries, and public places

• Computerized corner connected to the Internet at home

• Special places with high performance computer and telecommunication network

• Public forum on the web

Office Location Considerations

• Information infrastructure is basically sufficient within Taipei.

• Land/rent price, location image, transportation, lunch, and housing are major concerns.

• Virtual office is not needed at this moment.• Taipei herself is a big intelligent business park.• Specialized business, operation, management,

research, training, and incubation parks are still needed.

ICT FIRMS in TAIPEI

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ICT firms expanding from existing business areas

American Experiences

• First class cities, including Chicago, Washington, Atlanta, LA, NY, San Francisco, and Dallas, keep their leading positions.

• Some smaller cities, such as Portland, Kansas City, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Orlando, Las Vegas, are emerging by taking advantages of heritage, locations, constructing information infrastructure, and encouraging ICT firms.

SWOT analysis

• Strength:– Cyber City Taipei has good information infrastructure.– High quality human resources and education– Good living environment– Valuable Chinese and Taiwanese Culture– Strong support from Mayor Ma

• Weakness– Lack of funds– Insufficient co-operations between public and private

sectors

SWOT analysis (cont.)

• Opportunity:– 2008 e-Taiwan project– Cheaper but more powerful technology– Restructuring of global city network

• Threat:– Quickly changing technology– Business moving to mainland China– Heavy competition among global cities, such as

Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai

• Installing sufficient computer facilities in public schools, libraries, and community centers to narrow down information gap

• Holding e-forum with major events, activities, and festivals to collect public opinions from various sources and attract potential users

• Encouraging content providers to exploit Taipei’s experiences and heritage

• Opening government databases to the public for value adding• Setting up data exchange standards to share information

efficiently and effectively

Strategies

Strategies (cont.)

• Transforming bus stations and public phone booths to information stations

• Creating pilot ICT places at MRT stations and Shing-Yi Area

• Setting up intelligent operation, management, science, research, training, and incubation parks

• Releasing zoning regulations to accommodate new types of business

Conclusions

• ICT enhances urban life and expands activity areas.

• Information city should be service-oriented and share equal rights to every citizen.

• City government plays an essential role to establish information city by adapting regulations, facilitating intelligent places and parks, opening databases to the public, and encouraging

e-business.