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AI and futurology combine for smart neighbourhoods

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Researchers have modelled how intelligent technology could be more integrated in the design processes of future smart neighbourhoods. 

The Shanghai Vanke Future City (NEXUS) project combines the use of intelligent technology in urban design, neighborhood renewal, and how a neighbourhood operates.

The future city has been conceived as a complex urban space for living, working, learning, recreation, and ecology. All these elements would be within a 10-minute walking radius. 

Shanghai Vanke Future City is modelled in a core area of Jiading New Town and covers nearly 15 sq hectometres with a total building area of 578,000 sq m. 

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