Urban u-community: a new dimension of urban development Online publication date: Sun, 25-Jan-2009
by Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development (IJIRD), Vol. 1, No. 4, 2009
Abstract: The objective of this article is to provide an overview of recent urban u-community development. The original English term 'ubiquitous' comes from the Latin, meaning 'existing everywhere'. It first became widely used in the IT field after Mark Weiser coined a term 'ubiquitous computing' in the late 1980s. Due to the internet revolution and more recent developments in ubiquitous technology, the perspective started to shift from ubiquity of computing capabilities to ubiquity of network access and connections, which has led to the introduction of such concept as 'ubiquitous community' and 'ubiquitous city'. The most important aspect of emerging urban u-communities is expected to be the new forms of interaction and transaction that are possible anywhere and at any time due to the utilisation of networks and applications based on ubiquitous technologies. Ubiquity does not only allow flexible interaction but also the new level of community informatics, paving the way for intelligent u-communities.
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