Territorial Intelligence, a Collective Challenge for Sustainable Development: A Scoping Review

Abstract

Territorial Intelligence is a practice devoted to obtaining, analysing and valuing information and knowledge about a territory and its environment to design and implement territorial plans on strategic matters. The purpose of this article is to provide a broad overview about the meaning of Territorial Intelligence in academic literature covering the definitions of the concept and the main topics involved. A scoping review following the PRISMA-ScR method has been carried out. Online databases were used to identify scientific articles and theses published between 2000 and 2020, from which, after screening, 33 key documents were selected, mainly of French origin. Qualitative analyses were performed following the technique of the Seven Key Questions (7W). Territorial Intelligence began in France as an application of Economic Intelligence, but it is becoming an autonomous discipline, expanding to other countries and generating specific applications, such as Tourist Intelligence, in the last decade. It is concluded that three elements characterize current Territorial Intelligence: the consideration as a collective process that involves the participation of multiple agents, the integration of external sources of information with territorial agents’ own internal knowledge and a focus on collaboration to promote sustainable development with a global vision.

Analyzing intelligent tourism development and public services based on a fuzzy genetic hybrid system to promote environmental and cultural values

“…García-Madurga et al [ 35 ] comprehensively analyzed the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the tourism sector. The process involved a methodical examination of available literature studies to consolidate the present status of AI implementation in different areas of the tourism industry.…”

Implementing the systemic approach supporting territorial resilience: the case of the ‘Toile’ tool

“…Through interviews, we were able to make the link between this 'Toile' tool and the reflections led around the concept of Territorial Intelligence, which also aims at structuring dense and complex knowledge networks in such a way as to be able to communicate them easily. As a reminder, Territorial Intelligence translates into an 'innovative, mutualized and networked organization of all the information and knowledge useful for the development, competitiveness and attractiveness of a territory, collectively and for each of its actors' [36].…”

Operational monitoring method using drones for smart and precision Sumatran elephant tourism

“…Smart and precision tourism is an emerging idea that combines modern technological applications, such as drones, sensors, big data processing, open data, and multi-device connection (including IoT, RFID, and NFC), in the tourism business. The objective is to efficiently gather, retain, analyze, and effectively leverage vast quantities of data to drive corporate advancements, operations, and services [1]. Drones have become increasingly available and popular in recent years [2,3] and have been studied for various uses in other fields and sectors [4][5][6][7], but their potential role in the tourism industry has not been well explored in research [8][9][10][11].…”