UK Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure & Cities: Urban Observatories (Strand B)

城市已经是巨大的实验室--它们提供了无数的试验和错误、失败和成功的例子。我们将在“城市实验室”或综合城市结构观测站（IIOs）中学习、形成和测试工程原理和理论，以系统地研究真实的城市中的成功、失败及其原因。IIOs为研究人员和用户提供一个环境，通过真实世界的城市观测、研究和全面的实验和示范，共同创造学习、创新、可持续行为和弹性机构。它们提供了一个平台，为建设未来城市建立共同的目标、愿景和价值观。国际观测组织（UKCRIC Strand B）将开发一套国际观测组织的观测部分，并开发一些能够实现共同创造和实验的设施。要发展完善的城市综合实验室，必须得到学术界、大学、政府、工业界和社会各界的支持，以及在财政上和合作上的支持。为发挥想象力，动员和鼓励其他城市加入，我们将开始建立一个国际工业组织网络，作为推动国际工业组织研究的中心;知识共享和传播;参与;能力建设;以及更广泛的影响最大化。

Cities are already enormous laboratories - they provide numerous examples of trial and error, of failures and successes. We shall learn, form and test engineering principles and theories in 'city laboratories', or Integrated Infrastrcuture Observatories (IIOs), to systematically study success, failure and the reasons for it, in real cities.IIOs provide an environment for researchers and users to co-create learning, innovation, sustainable behaviours and resilient agency through real-world urban observation, research and full scale experimentation and demonstrators. They provide a platform to establish a common purpose, vision and set of values for delivering future cities. The IIO (UKCRIC Strand B) will develop observational component of a suite of IIOs and some of the facilities that will enable co-creation and experimentation. The development of full-fledged ULLs will be enabled only the additional financial and co-operation support of the academic partners and their respective university, government, industry and societal partners, and the collective intellectual capability and skills that this creates.To capture the imagination, mobilise and inspire other cities to join we shall begin to form a network of IIOs that will provide a focal point for advocacy of IIO research; knowledge sharing and dissemination; engagement; building capacity; and more generally maximising impact.