Themed issue of Urban Planning edited by Andrew Karvonen, Matthew Cook and Håvard Haarstad
Deadline for Abstracts: 30 June 2019
Deadline for Full Papers: 30 September 2019
Issue Release: February/March 2020
The contemporary smart cities agenda has been dominated by ICT actors with ambitious and far-reaching visions to digitalise collective urban services. Meanwhile, the role of planners (both public and private) as key actors of urban development has been marginalised. This is gradually changing as iconic and unique smart projects are giving way to the ‘actually existing smart city’ where digitalisation is emerging as a common activity of urban development processes.
The aim of this thematic issue is to present empirical findings on how urban planners are emerging as influential actors in smart urbanisation as well as how smart cities are influencing urban planning practices. The synergies between planning and digitalisation have significant implications in how cities will be governed in the future. Contributors to this thematic issue are encouraged to submit papers on topics that include but are not limited to:
- Integration of smart agendas with existing urban visions and masterplans;
- Synergies and tensions of smart cities as they relate to sustainability, resilience, democratic participation and representation, well-being, sharing, equity and related issues;
- Experiences of participating in triple and quadruple helix collaborations;
- Knowledge politics of urban innovation and digitalisation, including scaling and transfer, exchange through international networks, policy mobilities, etc.
- Empirical contributions are encouraged from scholars and practitioners in urban planning and geography, policy studies and political science, anthropology and sociology, science and technology studies, etc., who currently examine how smart cities are influencing urban planning projects, practices and politics.
Instructions for Authors: Authors interested in submitting a paper for this issue are asked to consult the journal’s editorial policies and to send their abstracts (about 200-250 words, with a tentative title) by email to the journal’s editorial office (up@cogitatiopress.com) by 30 June 2019.
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