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Playing in Traffic? Exploring the Intersection of Platforms, Agency, and Space in Bicycle Courier Mobilities Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Jarvis Suslowicz, Marco te Brömmelstroet
This article explores change in the mobile geographies of bicycle courier work as a result of platform economy influences, with a focus on how agency of movement characteristic of messenger culture...
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Aerial Video Surveillance in a Megacity: A Case Study in Santiago, Chile Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Elwin van ‘t Wout, Ismael Aguirre Molina
The growth of gated communities and the omnipresence of video surveillance have changed urban life considerably in the last decades. Especially in cities governed by neoliberal public policies and ...
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Smart Cities Indicators: How Regional Context and Its Stakeholders Are Essential to Name “The” Smart City Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Jairo Cardoso de Oliveira, Marcos Rogerio Mazieri, Claudia Terezinha Kniess
Despite various definitions of Smart Cities (SCs), it is challenging to characterize what “the best” Smart City would be. This is demonstrated by various frameworks of indicators and rankings, whic...
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Mundane Urban Governance and AI Oversight: The Case of Vienna's Intelligent Pedestrian Traffic Lights Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Pouya Sepehr
This article examines the implications of integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into urban infrastructures, using Vienna's Intelligent Pedestrian Traffic Light (IPTL) as a focal point. As cities...
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Understanding Chatbot Adoption in Local Governments: A Review and Framework Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Sajani Senadheera, Tan Yigitcanlar, Kevin C. Desouza, Karen Mossberger, Juan Corchado, Rashid Mehmood, Rita Yi Man Li, Pauline Hope Cheong
Public institutions’ chatbots enhance communication when they provide services. Despite their growing popularity and importance, chatbot adoption by government entities is a relatively understudied...
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Valuing “Othered” Rationalities in the Smart City: Examining Children’s Cycling from a Justice Perspective Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Justin Spinney
This article seeks to contribute to the intersection of children’s mobility (specifically cycling) by assessing the extent to which emerging socio-technical smart city systems accommodate children’...
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Unleashing Urban Technology Dynamics: The Interplay of AI Patents, Metropolitan Area Population, and R&D Expenditures in Sustainable Urban Development Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Volkan Göçoğlu, Serkan Göksu, Richard Kotter
In light of escalating population growth in many metropolitan areas, there is an increasing need for sensibly managed technological innovations pertaining to the urban environment. To facilitate th...
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The Neuro-Cognitive Approach to Urban Planning: Wayfinding Behavior Analysis and its Effect on Urban Planning Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 İlker Erkan
This study analyzed the urban wayfinding of people. A virtual city was designed for the study. A total of 712 people (358 men and 354 women) participated in the project. The virtual reality (VR) sy...
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From the Editor Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Richard E. Hanley
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 30, No. 5, 2023)
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Mapping Roof Materials in Cities for Food, Water, and Energy Production: A Mediterranean Metropolitan Area Case Study Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Perla Zambrano-Prado, Alejandro Josa, Joan Rieradevall, Ramon Alamús, Fernando Pérez, Juan Marchan, Santiago Gassó, Xavier Gabarrell
In recent years, rooftops have been used as productive spaces for local resource (e.g. food, water, or energy) production. The main objective of this study is to demonstrate the potential of hypers...
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Mining the Sequence Pattern of Functional Zones to Analyze the Spatial Layout of Port Cites in Coastal Zones Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 J. F. Yan, B. Liu, J. B. Bai, F. Z. Su, C. C. Miao
To study the impact of port changes on the urban functional structure and reveal the interactive relationship between ports and cities, a functional sequence extraction model (FSEM) is constructed ...
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From the Editor Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Richard E. Hanley
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 30, No. 4, 2023)
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What Makes a City “Smart” and Who Decides? From Vision to Reality in the USDOT Smart City Challenge Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Jae Teuk Chin, Andrew Guthrie
The concept of a “smart city” has gained currency in urban policy as a recognition of the potentially transformative role advanced information technology will play in city operations as the twenty-...
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Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process Method to Evaluate Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Applications Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Aldiyar Belossarov, Attila Aba, Domokos Esztergár-Kiss
The Mobility as a Service (MaaS) concept is widely discussed, but only a small number of publications consider real-world solutions and a quantified evaluation of travel-related applications. There...
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Hacking Corporate Smart Cities Under COVID-19: Towards a Smart Governance Approach Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Huaxiong Jiang, Haozhi Pan, Yanliu Lin, Stan Geertman
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed huge challenges on smart cities, requiring a reimagining and transformation of their governance structures. This viewpoint argues that a smart governance approach ...
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Crowdsourcing Pleasantness and Safety Perceptions: An Analysis through Multiple Rankings and Socio-Demographic Groups Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 David Candeia, Flavio Figueiredo, Nazareno Andrade
Our perception of public spaces guides our behavior on them. Understanding which factors shape this perception informs both urban planners, who aim to improve city life, as well as computational mo...
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“Smart Cities in Europe” Revisited: A Meta-Analysis of Smart City Economic Impacts Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Andrea Caragliu, Chiara F. Del Bo, Peter Nijkamp
Following up on a two decades-long debate on Smart Cities, this article provides quantitative evidence regarding the impact on urban economic outcomes of the adoption of Smart City strategies in pl...
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Does Mobility Experience Matter? Insights from a Model-Oriented Practice in Zaragoza, Spain Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Ana Ruiz-Varona, María Blasco-Cubas, Antonio Iglesias-Soria
This study evaluates the role of model-oriented decision support systems in the understanding of complex variables related to urban mobility challenges. To this end, the MobilityExperience platform...
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From the Editor Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Richard E. Hanley
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 30, No. 3, 2023)
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Frankenstein Urbanism: Eco, Smart and Autonomous Cities, Artificial Intelligence and the End of the City Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Martin de Jong
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 30, No. 4, 2023)
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The Smart City – Does the Individual Matter? Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Sandra Breux, Jérémy Diaz, Hugo Loiseau
Early smart city projects tended to be technology-driven, conceiving of the citizen as a data provider. New citizen-centered projects have emerged that challenge the role of the individual in these...
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Stakeholders Engagement in Noise Action Planning Mediated by OGITO: An Open Geo-Spatial Interactive Tool Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Rosa Aguilar, Johannes Flacke, Daniel Simon, Karin Pfeffer
ABSTRACT Noise action planning (NAP) requires collaboration among stakeholders, given the harmful health effects of noise and the subjectivity of how individuals perceive noise. Maptables can be used to mediate in such a collaborative spatial planning process. However, open software applications specifically designed for those devices are still limited or mismatched with user needs. This study presents
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Gray to Green Communities: A Call to Action on the Housing and Climate Crises Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Reviewed by Cecilia H. Giusti
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 30, No. 3, 2023)
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Downtime on the Microgrid: Architecture, Electricity, and Smart City Islands Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Gwen Urey
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 30, No. 3, 2023)
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Cyclists as Intelligent Carriers of Space-Time Environmental Information: Crowd-Sourced Sensor Data for Local Air Quality Measurement and Mobility Analysis in the Netherlands Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp, John Osth, Umut Turk
ABSTRACT In recent years, slow travel modes (walking, cycling) have gained much interest in the context of urban air quality management. This article presents the findings from a novel air quality measurement experiment in the Netherlands, by regarding cyclists as carriers and transmitters of real-world information on fine-grained air quality conditions. Using individual sensors on bicycles—connected
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Electrical Hybridizations in Cities of the South: From Heterogeneity to New Conceptualizations of Energy Transition Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Éric Verdeil, Sylvy Jaglin
ABSTRACT This issue addresses the hybridization of urban electricity configurations in cities of the Global South. The hybridization process is shaped by the interplay of two infrastructural trends that transform cities, the patchy and limited extension of the conventional grid and the widespread socio-technical heterogeneity that recent research has highlighted. The case studies presented in the issue
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Protecting Street Art Rights Using an NFT-Based System Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Eynat Mendelson-Shwartz, Ofir Shwartz, Nir Mualam
ABSTRACT Street art has flourished around the world, gaining international recognition and commercial success. Consequently, controversies over their misuse have escalated, and artists have begun to pursue legal protection of their intellectual property (IP) rights. But asserting these rights is still quite difficult, creating a state of uncertainty and risk to both artists and interested parties.
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Solar Rooftop Systems and the Urban Transition: Shall the Twain Ever Meet? Interrogations from Rewari, India Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-02-24 Marie–Hélène Zérah, Sarada Das
ABSTRACT India is facing two major transitions. In 2040, its energy demand will double while 800 million Indians will live in cities by 2050. Situated at this intersection, this article contributes to the field of urban energy research by looking at Solar Rooftop Systems (SRS) in a district located in the extended periphery of Delhi. Using a multi-pronged qualitative methodology in a corridor made
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From the Editor Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Richard E. Hanley
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 30, No. 1, 2023)
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Toward Urban Resilience? Coping with Blackouts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Joyce A. Eledi Kuusaana, Jochen Monstadt, Shaun Smith
ABSTRACT The seamless and ubiquitous supply of infrastructure services such as electricity is usually seen as a critical backbone of modern urban societies. Yet electricity supply in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, like many other infrastructure services in cities in the Global South, is unreliable and unpredictable, with urban power cuts being everyday occurrences. Major challenges in electricity supply
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Enterprise Architecture in Smart Cities: Developing an Empirical Grounded Research Agenda Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Viviana Bastidas, Marija Bezbradica, Mihai Bilauca, Michael Healy, Markus Helfert
ABSTRACT The concept of Enterprise Architecture is suitable for managing the complexity of heterogeneous systems and technologies in Smart Cities. However, many cities and their urban governance processes still face the challenges of digitalizing public services. This paper aims to assess the applicability of TOGAF in a real-world Smart City following a case study method. A novel research agenda with
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Urban Electric Hybridization: Exploring the Politics of a Just Transition in the Western Cape (South Africa) Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Sylvy Jaglin
ABSTRACT Focusing on the adoption of rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV) by high-income households and businesses in the Western Cape, South Africa, the article analyzes its effects on the hybridization of urban electricity systems and the ability of municipalities to drive a just transition in cities where inequality remains very high. By reducing municipal electricity sales, decentralized solar technologies
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From the Editor Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Richard E. Hanley
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 29, No. 4, 2022)
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The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Abhinav Alakshendra
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 29, No. 4, 2022)
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Urban Operating Systems: Producing the Computational City Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Alenka Poplin
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 29, No. 4, 2022)
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Exploring the User Base of Online Neighborhood Networks: Determinants of Online Neighborhood Network Membership and Uses Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Jonas De Meulenaere, Cédric Courtois, Michel Walrave, Lieven J.R. Pauwels, Wim Hardyns, Koen Ponnet
ABSTRACT This paper aims to determine the prevalence of the use of online neighborhood networks (ONNs) and explores which socio-demographic, socioeconomic status (SES), social integration, and media use determinants predict ONN membership and uses. Drawing on a stratified random sample (Ghent, Belgium), we found that over a third of the population are ONN members and that membership was mainly predicted
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A Common Management Framework for European Smart Cities? The Case of the European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities and Communities Six Nations Forum Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Rachel Macrorie, Simon Marvin, Adrian Smith, Aidan While
ABSTRACT To minimize market fragmentation, optimize efficiencies through compatible digital architectures, and encourage collaboration, high-level smart city harmonization efforts have been advocated across Europe. This paper critically analyzes attempts by the European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities and Communities Six Nations Forum (EIP-SCC 6N) to constitute a common smart city management
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Governing Hybridized Electricity Systems: The Case of Decentralized Electricity in Lebanon Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-10-13 Alix Chaplain, Éric Verdeil
ABSTRACT Policymakers see decentralized electricity supply as a way to both decarbonize energy systems and to fill the gap of electricity access in many countries where strong growth leave the grid lagging behind. This article sheds some light on the case of countries such as Lebanon, where diesel-fueled decentralized electricity systems have existed for years and increasingly coexist with, rather
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Infrastructural Heterogeneity: Energy Transition, Power Relations and Solidarity in Kingston, Jamaica Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-09-02 Francesca Pilo’
ABSTRACT In cities of the Global South, socio-technical heterogeneity in electricity provision is a reality that has partially shifted debates to the diversity of arrangements beyond the grid. Building on the case of Kingston in Jamaica, this article focuses on the relationship between the grid and such heterogeneous configurations and considers how heterogeneity transforms existing power relations
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Coworking Spaces and Well-Being: An Empirical Investigation of Coworkers in Italy Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-25 Mina Akhavan, Ilaria Mariotti
ABSTRACT In the era of rising globalization, technological advancements (e.g., ICT), and the aftermath of the 2008 global economic crisis, working is becoming less dependent on distance, time, and space. With the increasing number of freelance and independent workers, more flexible working styles are emerging. The present paper aims to study the effect of coworking spaces (CSs) on coworkers’ (CWs)
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Sensing Lights: The Challenges of Transforming Street Lights into an Urban Intelligence Platform Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Ricardo Alvarez, Fabio Duarte, Dennis Frenchman, Carlo Ratti
ABSTRACT The technological transformation behind intelligent infrastructure systems requires institutional and stakeholder realignment in their development. In this article, we evaluate the challenges for the production of smart infrastructure through an in-depth analysis of the development of smart street lighting strategies. We conduct surveys and semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders
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From the Editor Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Richard E. Hanley
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 29, No. 3, 2022)
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Flexible and Resource-Recovery Sanitation Solutions: What Hindered Their Implementation? A 40-Year Swedish Perspective Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Kristina Söderholm, Brenda Vidal, Annelie Hedström, Inga Herrmann
ABSTRACT Although Sweden pioneered in the development of resource-recovery sanitation solutions, and there has existed a political awareness of such solutions since the 1990s, their implementation has been slow. We adopt a historical (40-year) perspective and use the main journal of the Swedish sanitation sector as source material to go into depth why this has been the case. Central explanations emerge
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Australian Airports and Local Economic Development Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Meihong Ke, Douglas Baker
ABSTRACT This article investigates the impact of airports on the surrounding landside industrial development by employing secondary data of nine major Australian airports captured from Google Maps using MapQuery. Previous studies suggest a strong connection between airports and economic development at the regional scale. However, few studies explore this link around the surrounding vicinity of the
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Mini-Grids at the Interface: The Deployment of Mini-Grids in Urbanizing Localities of the Global South Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Emmanuelle Guillou, Bérénice Girard
ABSTRACT Based on fieldwork conducted in Senegal, Tanzania, and India, this article argues for a territorialized approach to mini-grids. One of the most sought-after solutions to electrification and transition to renewable energies in the Global South, mini-grids can be defined as decentralized collective systems of electricity supply. Whereas the academic and grey literature has mostly focused on
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Off-Grid Electrical Urbanism: Emerging Solar Energy Geographies in Ordinary Cities Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-07-12 Paul G Munro, Shanil Samarakoon
ABSTRACT Off-grid solar products, which are typically positioned as a solution to rural energy poverty, have experienced rapid sales growth in urban centers across the Global South over the last decade. In this article, we critically examine the rapidly emerging off-grid electrical urbanism in the Global South, with a focus on how off-grid solar technologies are reshaping urban energy geographies in
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Planning Support for Smart Cities in the Post-COVID Era Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-05-26 Haozhi Pan, Stan Geertman, Brian Deal, Jungfeng Jiao, Bo Wang
(2022). Planning Support for Smart Cities in the Post-COVID Era. Journal of Urban Technology: Vol. 29, Planning Support for Smart and Sustainable Cities, pp. 1-5.
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Planning First, Tools Second: Evaluating the Evolving Roles of Planning Support Systems in Urban Planning Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Huaxiong Jiang, Stan Geertman, Patrick Witte
ABSTRACT Planning support systems (PSS), as geo-information technology instruments, have been developed to support planning as urban planning is becoming highly complex. Recent advances in new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of smart cities have provided new potentials to enrich PSS-support functions, but they do not constitute a “silver bullet;” in fact, PSS’s potential
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Why and How Innovation Vouchers Work: Disentangling the Roles of Serendipity and Funding Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-04-06 Andrea Caragliu, Michele Coletti, Paolo Landoni, Alessandro Sala
ABSTRACT Innovation vouchers are policy instruments supporting the collaboration of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with specialized knowledge suppliers. These innovation vouchers are typically appreciated by beneficiaries because of their simple application and reporting procedures. However, because of their small size, innovation vouchers seem to have relatively limited impacts. This study analyzes
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Personal Spatial Mobilities after the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Speculative View Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Aharon Kellerman
ABSTRACT This article attempts to speculate on possible post-COVID-19 pandemic scenarios for daily and periodic touristic personal mobilities. Post-COVID-19 pandemic mobilities are assumed to reflect people’s basic needs for mobilities, their pre-pandemic, and pandemic mobility experiences, as well as societal-economic forces pushing for changes in mobility patterns. The article begins with explorations
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Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Peter Wissoker
(2022). Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities. Journal of Urban Technology: Vol. 29, Planning Support for Smart and Sustainable Cities, pp. 166-168.
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Transit-Oriented Displacement or Community Dividends? Understanding the Effects of Smarter Growth on Communities Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Jane Rongerude
(2022). Transit-Oriented Displacement or Community Dividends? Understanding the Effects of Smarter Growth on Communities. Journal of Urban Technology: Vol. 29, Planning Support for Smart and Sustainable Cities, pp. 163-166.
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Urban Public Health: A Research Toolkit for Practice and Impact Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Konstantin S. Sharov
(2022). Urban Public Health: A Research Toolkit for Practice and Impact. Journal of Urban Technology: Vol. 29, Planning Support for Smart and Sustainable Cities, pp. 159-163.
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Smartness Beyond the Network: Water ATMs and Disruptions from below in Mathare Valley, Nairobi Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Prince K. Guma, Alan Wiig
ABSTRACT This article critiques decontextualized notions of smart urbanism by examining the variegated and spontaneous infrastructural configurations stemming from the deployment of a digital project in an informal urban setting. We offer an empirical examination of the rollout of water ATMs in Mathare Valley, Nairobi, to highlight three types of “smartness beyond the network”: first, where water ATMs
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Situated, Yet Silent: Data Relations in Smart Street Furniture Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Justine Gangneux, Simon Joss, Justine Humphry, Matthew Hanchard, Chris Chesher, Sophia Maalsen, Peter Merrington, Bridgette Wessels
ABSTRACT This article provides new evidence of the ways that smart cities materialize within specific sites and contexts through smart street furniture (SSF). Drawing on empirical data generated through mixed-method field research, the article examines the situated data relations that emerge in the context of the adoption of InLinkUK smart kiosks in Glasgow and Strawberry Energy smart benches in London
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Participatory Development of Planning Support Systems to Improve Empowerment and Localization Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-02-23 Haozhi Pan, Yoonshin Kwak, Brian Deal
ABSTRACT We propose a participatory development process to address critiques of Planning Support Systems (PSS) that focus on their shortcomings of the empowerment of stakeholders and the contextualization in implementation. The process we are presenting involves stakeholders from the early stage of goal-defining and model building. We evaluate an empirical application with a coupled land-use and economic
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First Mile/Last Mile Problems in Smart and Sustainable Cities: A Case Study in Stockholm County Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-02-15 Elisie Kåresdotter, Jessica Page, Ulla Mörtberg, Helena Näsström, Zahra Kalantari
ABSTRACT The first mile/last mile (FM/LM) problem in public transport refers to the spatial accessibility of public transport and is the most important factor determining whether an individual will choose public transport. The FM/LM problem in Stockholm County, Sweden, was evaluated using a Geographic Information System estimating distances to public transport for the years 2019 and 2035. Overall,
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Splintered Mobilities as Viral Vector: Mobility Justice and Racial Kinopolitics Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-01-28 Mimi Sheller
ABSTRACT Covid-19 has made self-evident the insidious effects of infrastructural splintering, especially in the United States, which are the outcome of the very processes first identified by Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin 20 years ago. Splintered infrastructures have left behind unequal access to safe streets, public transit, urban green space, social distancing, and remote work, revealing deep racial
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Splintering Volumes: Architecture, Engineering, Finance, and Urban Form Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-01-28 Donald McNeill
ABSTRACT This commentary suggests that Splintering Urbanism provided the tools and metaphors for urbanists to understand how architectural, engineering, and financial knowledge has been brought together to remake urban infrastructure. It uses the concept of volumetric urbanism to illustrate how central cities are segregated, diced, and sliced within their internal structures, and discusses how this
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Splintering by Proxy: A Reflection on the Spatial Impacts and Distributed Agency of Platform Urbanism Journal of Urban Technology (IF 5.15) Pub Date : 2022-01-28 Nancy Odendaal
ABSTRACT Insight into the socio-technical dynamics of infrastructure unbundling and the impact on urban space is perhaps one of the most enduring conceptual legacies of the Splintering Urbanism thesis. Expanding the analysis of urban infrastructure beyond the material has enabled a reconsideration of the socio-material dynamics contained therein and the actors represented. Two decades later, digital