Project: Equitable & Sustainable Urban development with Blockchain
Team Members:
Kris Schludermann, Project Lead
Summary:
The way cities, plan, grow, provide amenities, and redevelop are tied to old, contemporary, and proposed land uses that have been tied to cumbersome methodologies, zoning, that are costly to plan, roll out, and difficult to change if there are unexpected outcomes. The fundamental problem is tracking the demands on the disparate commons that are part of urbanization. The complexity and municipal overhead for contemporary land-use management contributes significantly to the cost of housing. Using Blockchain to track an extensible commons could bring intelligence to planning and smart contract forecasting.
There is the potential to reduce the complexity of conflicting codes to universal commons entitlements and only the pool of customizable entitlements needed for a project. The application of blockchain tracking could have other applications and benefits such as taxation, incentives management, and reduce the professional planning staff by fostering a cadre of grassroots, citizen planners.
Sustainable Development Goals:
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Post-Capsule Goals:
Incubator Program
University Partnership or Collaboration
Entrepreneurial Program
IP Development
Project Motivation:
Planning in the city is complex, expensive, and derisive.