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Models of Urban Sustainability David Barrie Global Creative Economy Conference, Philadelphia 2009
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Presentation to Global Creative Economy Conference, Philadelphia, October 2009
Transcript of Crowdsourcing for Urban Change
Models of Urban SustainabilityDavid Barrie
Global Creative Economy Conference, Philadelphia 2009
“To make a big splash in the global pond of spectacle
culture today, you have to have a big rock to drop.”
Hal Foster, Art Critic
• Principle of mutualism• Collaborative design• Privatizating public services• Rise of public-private partnerships• Rise of Web 2.0 and crowdsourcing
• Watch video clips online - 394m
• Read blogs - 346m• Read personal blogs - 321m• Visit a friends social network
page - 307m• Share a video clip - 303m
• Manage a profile on a social network - 272m
• Upload photos - 248m• Download a video podcast -
216m• Start own blog - 184m• Upload video clip - 183m• Subscribe to a news feed -
160m
• 61 growing groups, 250 growing sites, 1000 new ‘urban farmers’, 750 playground participants, 6000 visitors to town meal, 2500 guests
• Project repeat 2008 and 2009• Adapted spatial plan for use of public spaces in town• £8m ($13m) new investment in health improvement
in town - growing food at centre of plan• Project cost: seed investment £25k ($40k), total
program £250k ($445k)
“We have idols but no models to follow. You have to define your own model.”
- Nicolas Ghesquiere, Balenciaga
David BarrieDavid Barrie & Associates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_BarrieBlog: http://davidbarrie.typepad.com
Mail: [email protected]
