THE EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF SENTIENCE IN CITIES

Cities, and their component buildings and infrastructural systems, have developed rapidly in responsive and adaptive capacities. Ubiquitous computation and new informational technologies are increasingly embedded in the physical and social processes of the city. Here, Michael Weinstock identifies 'sentience', or the ability to be aware, as the primary driver of innovation in the urban environment; as the extended 'nervous system' of a city develops the potential to sense changes in the city's flows, and in its internal and external environments. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.