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Planning for Urban Livability: Integrating Socio-Spatial Indicators in City-Making Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-16 Mirjam Schindler, Rita Dionisio
Visions of livable neighborhoods are receiving increasing priority on contemporary city-making agendas. Yet, while city-makers have long turned to various tools supporting economic and environmenta...
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A Hybrid Model for Short-Term Energy Load Prediction Based on Transfer Learning with LightGBM for Smart Grids in Smart Energy Systems Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Surjeet Dalal, Umesh Kumar Lilhore, Bijeta Seth, Magdalena Radulescu, Sofiane Hamrioui
Electricity load prediction plays a vital role in energy management. The necessity of combining scattered power generation channels of sustainable energy and other substitute resources into distrib...
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Tweeting during the Pandemic in New York City: Unveiling the Evolving Sentiment Landscape of NYC through a Spatiotemporal Analysis of Geolocated Tweets Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Carmelo Ignaccolo, Kevin Wibisono, Maria Paola Sutto, Richard A. Plunz
This article explores the relationship between spatial factors, socioeconomic conditions, and Twitter (now called X) sentiment in New York City (NYC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Twitter dat...
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Can Smart Cities Be Sustainable? An Emerging Field of Research Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-14 Fateh Belaid, Boumediene Ramdani, Mahmoud Abdellatif
Research on smart sustainable cities (SSCs) has fueled a rapid expansion of scholarly work in recent years. However, the key trends and future research avenues in this field are still ambiguous. Th...
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From the Editor Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Richard E. Hanley
Published in Journal of Urban Technology (Vol. 31, No. 2, 2024)
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Cities and Smart Technology: The Case of Cycling Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-05 Anna Nikolaeva, Alan Latham
The term ‘smart cities’ describes a bundle of informational technologies that are profoundly reconfiguring how cities are managed and experienced. This piece is an introduction to a special issue o...
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Informational Modeling of Cities: Method and Challenges for Institutional Implementation Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Augusto Pimentel Pereira, Mario Prokopiuk
Although cities are increasingly permeated by information and communication technologies (ICTs), these urban centers still face theoretical and practical obstacles regarding the application of 3D t...
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The Role of Digital Management and Smart Technologies for Sports Education in a Dynamic Environment: Employment, Green Growth, and Tourism Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Xianwang Tan, Jaffar Abbas, Khalid Al-Sulaiti, Ladislav Pilař, Syed Ale Raza Shah
Digitalization management, sports education, tourism and smart urban technologies are crucial for urban energy systems and environmental sustainability. Environmental sustainability is a critical g...
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Investigating Digitally Inflected Intercity Cycle Commuting Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Matthew Cook
Multiple smart-city cycle technologies have been developed to support cycle commuting and create lower carbon cities. Such technologies hold significant potential to reshape how cycle commuting is ...
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Smart Cities and (Smart) Cycling: Exploring the Synergies in Copenhagen and Amsterdam Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Anna Nikolaeva
In cities worldwide, cycling is increasingly upgraded with smart technology and is included in smart cities' visions and projects. This process has not been problematized in public discourse, as sm...
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Urban Resilience Through Cognitive Computing Systems Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Kenan Degirmenci, Kevin C. Desouza, Richard T. Watson
Global urbanization and heat-related fatalities are rapidly increasing, while the full potential of advanced information technologies to mitigate urban heat has not yet been used by city planners a...
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Community Smarts in Grassroots Initiatives to Support Cycling and Walking in Large Urban Areas Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Denver V. Nixon, Tim Schwanen
In the popular imagination, smart mobility, much like the smart city, is a high-tech utopia of mobility efficiency and environmental sustainability. However, a growing body of literature is questio...
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Playing in Traffic? Exploring the Intersection of Platforms, Agency, and Space in Bicycle Courier Mobilities Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp, John Osth, Umut Turk
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 measureme...
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Electrical Hybridizations in Cities of the South: From Heterogeneity to New Conceptualizations of Energy Transition Journal of Urban Technology (IF 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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 4.6) 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