What is Smart for the Future City? Mobilities and Automation

Freudendal-Pedersen, Malene; Kesselring, Sven; Servou, Eriketti

doi:10.3390/su11010221

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“…There are clear resonances but also important differences between RAS and visions of the smart city (Freudendal-Pederson et al, 2019). Both are predicated on data and computational infrastructures that facilitate enhanced automation of urban management.…”

Section: Future Cities and Urban Roboticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban robotic experimentation: San Francisco, Tokyo and Dubai

2020

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Advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to transform cities and urban social life. However, robotic restructuring of the city is complicated and contested. Technology is still evolving, robotic infrastructure is expensive and there are technical, trust and safety challenges in bringing robots into dynamic urban environments alongside humans. This article examines the nascent field of ‘urban robotics’ in three emblematic yet diverse national-urban contexts that are leading centres for urban robotic experimentation. Focusing on the experimental application of autonomous social robots, the article explores: (i) the rationale for urban robotic experiments and the interests involved, and (ii) the challenges and outcomes of creating meaningful urban spaces for robotic experimentation. The article makes a distinctive contribution to urban research by illuminating a potentially far-reaching but under-researched area of urban policy. It provides a conceptual framework for mapping and understanding the highly contingent, spatially uneven and socially selective processes of robotic urban experimentation.

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Section: Future Cities and Urban Roboticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban robotic experimentation: San Francisco, Tokyo and Dubai

2020

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“…However, a wide range of research has shown that transportation systems in most cities and urban areas are unsustainable [2]. Although some research on sustainable transport for smart cities has discussed transport emission reduction in future urban planning agendas (e.g., [14,16]), urban freight is still not specifically integrated into the future sustainable urban planning system. Because urban planning is focused principally on passenger transport, sustainable development measures mainly focus on passenger transport [82].…”

Section: Exogenous Trends: Urban Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As mentioned previously, the notion of smart cities has motivated the application of innovative transport mobility in the urban transport system. An example is autonomous vehicles [14]. The use of urban distribution innovations is an efficient solution for promoting sustainable urban freight transport.…”

Section: Endogenous Trends: Urban Distribution Innovationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, Al-Thani et al (2018) [13] adopted the Delphi approach to investigate the influences of both advanced transport and communication technologies on the future sustainability of the city of Doha and its neighborhoods. Freudendal-Pedersen et al (2019) [14] discussed the impacts of mobility on smart cities, particularly on the aspects of automation and sustainability. Tobey et al (2019) [15] demonstrated a conceptual framework for planning smart communities to take account of sustainable transport, which employed an iterative three-phase development loop.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Theoretical Research Framework of Future Sustainable Urban Freight Transport for Smart Cities

Haasis

2020

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This paper aims to construct a theoretical research framework for sustainable urban freight transport (SUFT) from the perspectives of future urban development and distribution innovations, and appropriate research methods are discussed, as well. Urban freight transport plays a critical role in the promotion of sustainable and livable cities. According to the literature review, considerable research on SUFT has focused on resolving some specific problems with a short-term perspective. The existence of an urban freight transport strategy is noted, which should be embedded in an overall sustainable development strategy with a long-term perspective (approximately 20–30 years). Nevertheless, considerable research has paid scant attention to the long-term planning of SUFT. Given this, this paper contributes to the closure of this gap. First, this paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) to highlight published papers involving foresight research within the past 16 years (2003–2018). This step contributes to the understanding of research methods that can be used in foresight research. Subsequently, this paper discusses the impacts of both urban development and distribution innovations on future SUFT, and these effects are used to select the appropriate methods to construct the theoretical research framework. Finally, the theoretical research framework of long-term planning for SUFT is developed on the basis of two future perspectives: the trends of urban development and the application of urban distribution innovations. This framework is intended to provide an approach to designing sustainable urban logistics, taking into account urban development and distribution innovations.

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“…To tackle climate emissions, there is a need to promote sustainable transport, different infrastructure planning and investments, and new technical solutions [4][5][6] and through changed transport behavior [7][8][9]. These changes are necessary for an environmentally sustainable transport sector.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigating the Link between Transport Sustainability and the Representation of Women in Swedish Local Committees

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There are large discrepancies in the transport sector along gender lines in travel patterns and means of transportation used, but also in attitudes and norms among citizens, planners and decision-makers, with women generally more positive towards measures involving the lowering CO2 emissions. At the same time, the number of women involved in transport-related decisions is low. This is a problem for gender equality but possibly also for sustainability. A careful review of previous studies indicated a lack of analyses on the subject based on quantitative data at the local level. We investigated a possible link between women’s presence in local policymaking and more sustainable transport policies, and whether it is possible to capture such an effect. The main contribution of this paper is a methodological approach in which, besides generating unique data on representation in municipalities (confirming men’s dominance, specifically in transport policymaking), possibilities for quantitatively measuring gender and the level of sustainability in transport planning are discussed and tested. Challenges in collecting relevant data and analyzing possible covariances in the data set are discussed and presented as well as suggestions for further investigations into the possible link between gender and sustainable transport performance.

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What is Smart for the Future City? Mobilities and Automation

Cited by 61 publications

References 53 publications

Urban robotic experimentation: San Francisco, Tokyo and Dubai

Urban robotic experimentation: San Francisco, Tokyo and Dubai

A Theoretical Research Framework of Future Sustainable Urban Freight Transport for Smart Cities

Investigating the Link between Transport Sustainability and the Representation of Women in Swedish Local Committees

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