Entry #7

PEOPLE PLAY PARKING

Ryoma Yukawa

Converts parking lots (whose use is expected to dwindle in central Tokyo) into temporary stores. Aspiring shopowners first need to secure a small fund through crowdfunding to prove citizen support. The organizers rent out self-contained stands to shopowners for a small fee. Shopowners also pay hourly fees to the parking lot owners.

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• Metadata:
• • The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
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• • Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
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• • Degree of commercial potential
    3  (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved)
• • Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
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• • Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
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• • Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
    3  (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)