Uploaded on 2019-05-14 by PARANGAM SARMA BASISTHA

Compulsory Exercise 6: Question 1: Think and comment on an existing Citizen Design Science project in urban design and planning from your area or country. Question 2: Think and comment on the following example: Habitats of a certain neighborhood don’t feel safe when they walk in their neighborhood in the evening and during the night. You are working for the local government and want to solve this problem through improvement of the public spaces. How would you start-up a Citizen Design Science project? Question 3: Imagine that you have set up a project wherein you would like to make use of Citizen Design Science. Which guidelines are important in creating your own Citizen Design Science project? Answer to the Question 1: In my city, Guwahati, the authorities are trying best to incorporate people into the city design and services. Though the City Design System in the city is in initial stage but we can hope for a developed CDS system in future. For the recent smart city projects participation of people were asked for arranging seminars, workshops and meetings etc. Recently the municipal authority (Guwahati Municipal Corporation) has developed toll free number and watsapp number to inform citizens about condition