A market analysis of urban interaction design

Abstract

Urban Interaction Design draws upon knowledge and approaches from a range of disciplines involved in the design of urban spaces, connecting them and establishing their interactions as a principle. It is also rooted in the wider field of interaction design, from which it takes much of its emphasis on behaviors at the human scale, putting the citizen at the center of the process of creating solutions in networked urban spaces. The paper presents the results of a preliminary survey that seeks to articulate, through best case examples, the challenges and opportunities for the field of Urban Interaction Design in the context of Smart Cities.