![]() The experience, knowledge, and execution of planning for urban developments are upheld by a fragmented base of stakeholders, many times having inconsistencies between their databases. However, the transition into new forms of planning is quite difficult. Urban planners, real-estate developers, and the general public are aware that the current carbon based energy life is not sustainable, and that innovative approaches to urban development are needed. Keywords: Virtual cities, Virtual reality, Personal rapid transit, Urban planning, Traffic simulation We report on the process and role of this virtual reality simulation. The process of discussing the PRT system included the development of a virtual reality simulation of parts of the city. ![]() This paper describes one such urban plan that has been under consideration in the city of Uppsala, Sweden, for the past 5 years: a solar-powered Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system connecting the main train station to the Hospital and the University. When considering urban plans that aren't just incremental improvements over what already exists, city officials, urban planners and the general public must be able to visualize not just the merits of those plans in isolation, but how they interact with all the infrastructure that already exists. Some of the most powerful tools for promoting change are those related to conceptualization and visualization. The urban models that we have come to accept during the 20 th century need to be revisited, but change, even if welcomed in abstract, is usually met in reality with enormous resistance from the economic and political models that underlie our cities. This paper is available online at Virtual Cities in Urban Planning: The Uppsala Case StudyĬristina Videira Lopes 1 and Christer Lindstrom 2ġ University of California, Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, Irvine, USA, Institute for Sustainable Transportation, Stockholm, Sweden, cities towards a path of sustainability is a daunting task. ISSN 0718-1876 Electronic Version VOL 7 / ISSUE 3 / DECEMBER 2012 / 88-100 © 2012 Universidad de Talca - Chile ![]() Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research ![]()
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