Beyond the smart city: a typology of platform urbanism
Abstract Platform urbanism has emerged in recent years as an area of research into the ways in which digital platforms are increasingly central to the governance, economy, experience, and understanding of the city. In the paper, we argue that platform urbanism is an evolution of the smart city, cons...
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| description | Abstract Platform urbanism has emerged in recent years as an area of research into the ways in which digital platforms are increasingly central to the governance, economy, experience, and understanding of the city. In the paper, we argue that platform urbanism is an evolution of the smart city, constituted by novel, digitally-enabled socio-technical assemblages that enable new forms of social, economic and political intermediation. We offer a typological framework for a better conceptualization of platform urbanism and its complex socio-economic relationships. We further outline several directions for future research on platform urbanism, specifically: a.) the need to critically investigate new power geometries of corporate, legal and regulatory alignments; b.) how platform urbanism may be expressed in, and affect, cities in the Global South; c.) how it may need to be critically engaged with in regard to its development in response to emergent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic; and d.) how it may shape visions of the current and future city. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-580194a8c5594b13a6f6b06e6c2938de2022-12-21T23:34:02ZengBMCUrban Transformations2524-81622022-03-014112110.1186/s42854-022-00033-9Beyond the smart city: a typology of platform urbanismFederico Caprotti0I.-Chun Catherine Chang1Simon Joss2Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Mail Room, The Old LibraryDepartment of Geography, Macalester CollegeUrban Studies, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of GlasgowAbstract Platform urbanism has emerged in recent years as an area of research into the ways in which digital platforms are increasingly central to the governance, economy, experience, and understanding of the city. In the paper, we argue that platform urbanism is an evolution of the smart city, constituted by novel, digitally-enabled socio-technical assemblages that enable new forms of social, economic and political intermediation. We offer a typological framework for a better conceptualization of platform urbanism and its complex socio-economic relationships. We further outline several directions for future research on platform urbanism, specifically: a.) the need to critically investigate new power geometries of corporate, legal and regulatory alignments; b.) how platform urbanism may be expressed in, and affect, cities in the Global South; c.) how it may need to be critically engaged with in regard to its development in response to emergent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic; and d.) how it may shape visions of the current and future city.https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-022-00033-9Platform urbanismSmart cityDigital cityIntermediationUrban futuresDigital platforms |
| spellingShingle | Federico Caprotti I.-Chun Catherine Chang Simon Joss Beyond the smart city: a typology of platform urbanism Urban Transformations Platform urbanism Smart city Digital city Intermediation Urban futures Digital platforms |
| title | Beyond the smart city: a typology of platform urbanism |
| title_full | Beyond the smart city: a typology of platform urbanism |
| title_fullStr | Beyond the smart city: a typology of platform urbanism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond the smart city: a typology of platform urbanism |
| title_short | Beyond the smart city: a typology of platform urbanism |
| title_sort | beyond the smart city a typology of platform urbanism |
| topic | Platform urbanism Smart city Digital city Intermediation Urban futures Digital platforms |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-022-00033-9 |
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