(Smart) citizens from data providers to decision-makers? The case study of Barcelona

I Calzada - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Against the backdrop of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) taking effect in the
European Union (EU), a debate emerged about the role of citizens and their relationship …

Platform methods: studying platform urbanism outside the black box

D Fields, D Bissell, R Macrorie - Urban Geography, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This intervention reflects on critical perspectives on algorithms and geographical work on
the urban-digital interface to highlight a set of approaches for studying the politics of platform …

[PDF][PDF] Data-driven urbanism, digital platforms and the planning of MaaS in times of deep uncertainty: What does it mean for CAVs?

I Banerjee, P Jittrapirom… - AVENUE21. Planning and …, 2023 - library.oapen.org
This paper offers a critical review of three coevolving socio-technical paradigms:(a)“data-
driven urbanism”,(b) digital platforms and (c)“Mobility-as-a-Service”(MaaS). It explores the …

The smart city and the containment of informality: The case of Dubai

H Breslow - Urban Studies, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
I argue that Dubai's smart city project,'Smart Dubai', is a response to the following
priorities:(i) the furtherance of the city's scale-making project and worlding strategies …

'Algorithmic nations': seeing like a city-regional and techno-political conceptual assemblage

I Calzada - Regional Studies, Regional Science, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
There are changing dynamics among political regionalization processes and the rescaling
of nation-states in Europe. However, updated and timely research remains scant …

Human rights in the smart city: Regulating emerging technologies in city places

TE Brown - Regulating new technologies in uncertain times, 2019 - Springer
The emergence of technology processes to be used and accessed in city spaces has come
swiftly and a world of geospatially driven technology in the emerging smart city is now upon …

Digitally accessible space: Discovery of the distinctive locational characteristics of restaurants with online reservation

C Park, Y Kim - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2024 - Elsevier
The widespread adoption of ICT including mobile apps and their online services has
significantly reshaped human activities in urban spaces. The complex interaction between …

A Digital Transformation Framework for Smart Municipalities

A van der Hoogen, I Fashoro, AP Calitz, L Luke - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Smart cities, as defined by Sustainable Development Goal 11, strive to make cities more
inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. Digital technologies addresses urbanisation …

The grey-zones of public-private surveillance: Policy tendencies of facial recognition for public security in Brazilian cities

A Ramiro, L Cruz - Internet Policy Review, 2023 - econstor.eu
The provision of biometric surveillance systems in cities' administration in Brazil is commonly
delegated to private companies, where businesses supply facial recognition technologies …

The Smart City–Does the Individual Matter?

S Breux, J Diaz, H Loiseau - Journal of Urban Technology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
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 …