Working across Boundaries in Urban Land Use and Services Planning—Building Public Sector Capabilities for Digitalisation
This article addresses the challenges and capability gaps confronted by public administrations concerning digital transformation and the use of novel tools in the context of land use, facilities and urban services planning. The present state of planning and management processes in Finland is introdu...
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| description | This article addresses the challenges and capability gaps confronted by public administrations concerning digital transformation and the use of novel tools in the context of land use, facilities and urban services planning. The present state of planning and management processes in Finland is introduced and reflected through experimental piloting conducted in two Finnish cities. Participatory action research and design research methodology was utilised to identify the main challenges as well as unravel the possibilities of digital transformation in the context of public services planning. The resulting analysis revealed the critical importance of facilitating integrative policies and coordination when working across knowledge boundaries between administrative domains. The paper contributes to a wider theoretical and conceptual understanding, as it discusses the advantages and feasibility of digital tools as boundary objects for cross-sectoral work in smart, people-centred urban governance. The authors see this direction of research as a fruitful ground for further investigations within the interdisciplinary urban planning research context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24167c02f72d4a838f408873889c472f2023-11-21T20:08:38ZengMDPI AGSmart Cities2624-65112021-05-014276778210.3390/smartcities4020039Working across Boundaries in Urban Land Use and Services Planning—Building Public Sector Capabilities for DigitalisationEmilia Rönkkö0Aulikki Herneoja1School of Architecture, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4100, 90014 Oulu, FinlandSchool of Architecture, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4100, 90014 Oulu, FinlandThis article addresses the challenges and capability gaps confronted by public administrations concerning digital transformation and the use of novel tools in the context of land use, facilities and urban services planning. The present state of planning and management processes in Finland is introduced and reflected through experimental piloting conducted in two Finnish cities. Participatory action research and design research methodology was utilised to identify the main challenges as well as unravel the possibilities of digital transformation in the context of public services planning. The resulting analysis revealed the critical importance of facilitating integrative policies and coordination when working across knowledge boundaries between administrative domains. The paper contributes to a wider theoretical and conceptual understanding, as it discusses the advantages and feasibility of digital tools as boundary objects for cross-sectoral work in smart, people-centred urban governance. The authors see this direction of research as a fruitful ground for further investigations within the interdisciplinary urban planning research context.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/4/2/39urban planningservice networkspublic facility planningsmart urban governanceprocess innovationsintelligent decision support systems |
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| title | Working across Boundaries in Urban Land Use and Services Planning—Building Public Sector Capabilities for Digitalisation |
| title_full | Working across Boundaries in Urban Land Use and Services Planning—Building Public Sector Capabilities for Digitalisation |
| title_fullStr | Working across Boundaries in Urban Land Use and Services Planning—Building Public Sector Capabilities for Digitalisation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Working across Boundaries in Urban Land Use and Services Planning—Building Public Sector Capabilities for Digitalisation |
| title_short | Working across Boundaries in Urban Land Use and Services Planning—Building Public Sector Capabilities for Digitalisation |
| title_sort | working across boundaries in urban land use and services planning building public sector capabilities for digitalisation |
| topic | urban planning service networks public facility planning smart urban governance process innovations intelligent decision support systems |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/4/2/39 |
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