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Urban Innovation in Denmark

Aalborg UniversityUrban Innovation is becoming a core aspect of Peace Innovation globally, as the majority of the planets population is now living in urban areas and all trends are pointing to an acceleration in the urbanization process. Furthermore recent research suggests that future conflict is increasingly likely to occur in densely populated, electronically networked settings at the periphery of sprawling coastal cities in the developing world (Kilcullen 2013). While Denmark is only affected by four of these five factors, it is also widely acknowledged as a very peaceful society with a high penetration of connectivity technology.In this case study meaningful future urban interventions are effectively prototyped and tested today. The highly connected nature of Danish Cities allows us to experiment with technological solutions that is not yet available at large in developing countries and the relatively peaceful coexistence suggests baseline data for Urban Innovation benchmarking at a global scale.read more on the Stanford/Denmark PIL efforts in Aalborg...