The cell city is the medium. Research on the future city development trend and digital strategy

A city is a complex human settlement. By virtue of its status as the center of culture and literacy, a city can be described as the locus of civilization, world history, and social change. As a result of two centuries of unprecedented and growing urbanization, roughly half of the world population now lives in cities. This has led to profound consequences for global sustainability. With rapid development of computer, multimedia technology, artificial intelligence, and the arrival of the Internet of Things and big data, people are increasingly trying to use modern science and technology to create digital and intelligent cities. Furthermore, in the prevailing paradigm of ‘data-driven urbanism’,the new perception of the city,such as Smart city, Simcity and Cell city, are created and are considered as innovative concepts of future cities. Now, political terms such as “metropolitan area” and “neighborhood” are not always useful when analyzing and comparing the performance of cities. In a quest for new analytical tools, some pioneers of urban construction envisioned an anatomically based classification system.Similar to a intact cell, who is composed of the Cell Nucleus, Cell Membrane, Cytoplasm and other substances, a city also has a unique structural logic and complete system.The so-called cell city,refers to a city that has a sustainable urban system like an independent cell. In a cell city, the operation of each urban community is based on the autonomy of every resident. Urban residents in the city will not only determine its nature, but they will also influence the overall development of the city. Thus forming a healthy urban environment. Choosing a cell to define a city is not only similar to the functional structure of the cell, but also the changes between the global and local parts of the city. Using cells as symbols of cities, this microscopic model can be used to more easily and intuitively reflect macroscopic urban systems, making it easier for urban residents to capture urban changes and developments. This research is based on the analysis of big data of various cities on the social media platform and personal experience. The main research object is the urban structure of Cell city. It will deeply analyze the relationship among three fundamentals of a cell city: infrastructure construction, urban planning management and resident satisfaction. At the same time, this thesis will also discuss how these three fundamentals influence the future development of a city and how they are reflected on social media platforms. It will use city landmarks as an entry point. It is because city landmarks, which are concrete forms of cell cities, can reflect the nature of a city. They are similar to the function of nucleuses. The research will further study city landmark activities as well as its social media effects. Because as a urban infrastructure, city landmarks can reflect the ideas about urban planning management of urban administration. Moreover, we can measure resident satisfaction from the number of visitors and activity participants. In this way, it can reveal the overall nature of a cell city and its development trend in the future.

Una città è un complesso insediamento umano. In virtù del suo status di centro di cultura e alfabetizzazione, una città può essere descritta come il luogo della civiltà, della storia del mondo e del cambiamento sociale. Come risultato di due secoli di urbanizzazione senza precedenti e in crescita, circa la metà della popolazione mondiale vive nelle città. Ciò ha portato a profonde conseguenze per la sostenibilità globale. Con il rapido sviluppo del computer, della tecnologia multimediale, dell'intelligenza artificiale e dell'arrivo di Internet of Things e dei big data, le persone cercano sempre più di utilizzare la scienza e la tecnologia moderne per creare città digitali e intelligenti. Inoltre, nel paradigma prevalente dell '"urbanizzazione basata sui dati", vengono create le nuove percezioni della città, come Smart city, Simcity e Cell City, considerate concetti innovativi delle città future. Ora, termini politici come "area metropolitana" e "quartiere" non sono sempre utili quando si analizzano e si confrontano le prestazioni delle città. Alla ricerca di nuovi strumenti analitici, alcuni pionieri della costruzione urbana hanno immaginato un sistema di classificazione basato sull'anatomia.