Just like smart cities, cognitive cities should facilitate the response to the economic, social, ecologic, cultural and political challenges of the urban development. The focus here lies especially on problems caused by increasing population growth, demographic transition, scarcity of resources, pollution of the environment, global warming and financial uncertainties. The most important component of all challenges of a city are the citizens themselves. Therefore, it is important to include every single inhabitant in the urban development process. This means, that by taking into account every single citizen (cf. citizen as sensors)Goodchild, M.F.: Citizens as Sensors: Web 2.0 and the volunteering of geographic infor-mation. GeoFocus (Editorial), 2007, Vol. 7, pp. 8-10. a city can further develop itself in such a way that it can fulfill the requirements of the citizens and stay attractive for current as well as potential citizens. Only a collaboration between the city and its citizens makes a successful urban development possible. Interaction between Citizen and City The Cognition of a City Characteristics of Cognitive Computing Virtual Cognitive Cities
Just like smart cities, cognitive cities should facilitate the response to the economic, social, ecologic, cultural and political challenges of the urban development. The focus here lies especially on problems caused by increasing population growth, demographic transition, scarcity of resources, pollution of the environment, global warming and financial uncertainties. The most important component of all challenges of a city are the citizens themselves. Therefore, it is important to include every single inhabitant in the urban development process. This means, that by taking into account every single citizen (cf. citizen as sensors)Goodchild, M.F.: Citizens as Sensors: Web 2.0 and the volunteering of geographic infor-mation. GeoFocus (Editorial), 2007, Vol. 7, pp. 8-10. a city can further develop itself in such a way that it can fulfill the requirements of the citizens and stay attractive for current as well as potential citizens. Only a collaboration between the city and its citizens makes a successful urban development possible. Interaction between citizen and city The cognition of a city Characteristics of cognitive computing Virtual cognitive cities
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