1186 | | The effects of digitalization of cities in our common future | Vittorio Amato (1); Daniela La Foresta (1); Lucia Simonetti (1); De Falco Stefano (1)
In literature, researchers believe that changes in urban functions are influenced by various factors. Advances in digitalization and ICT have provided a wide range of settlement options. The concept known as the death of distance emphasizes decentralization: technologies decentralize businesses and citizens from headquarters and cause them to disperse. Thus, decentralization was considered as a spatial result of the expansion of ICT. In fact, several studies discuss the potential roles of electronic communications in the decentralization of cities. In addition, some articles seem to suggest that there are substitution relationships between ICT and transport, the replacement of material goods with information.
Recent empirical studies show that the use of the Internet has led to a significant decentralization of residential space and a growing shift from the city center to suburban areas. In addition to office buildings, transit hubs and urban services, university campuses, new digital services play a key role in reformulating workplace locations, highlighting the functions of dispersed hubs. In addition, it has been observed that the extensive use of ICT reinforces decentralized development. Researchers tend to point out that any factor that reduces the importance of aggregation will result in decentralization: therefore, ICT offers opportunities to overcome temporal and spatial constraints.
In this session for scholars and professionals, the invitation is to contribute and reflect upon the different externalities of digitalization of cities, as they currently exist with regard to our common future. This includes explaining and clarifying critical factors also with reference, but not limited, to the following themes and actions:
– Contribute to a more effective systematization of scientific knowledge on the main urban phenomena related to digitization (decentralization, centralization, polycentric city, etc.), through a mapping of the theoretical framework.
– Analyze the main and most recent demographic and socio-economic dynamics on a territorial scale, investigating (also through a set of qualitative and quantitative indicators, developed statistically) their urban impacts, trends and changes in the urban structure and functions of cities.
– Measure the attitude of policy makers to respond effectively to the main urban transformations by offering concrete answers to the needs of communities.
– Provide decision-makers with up-to-date and scientifically validated interpretative and cognitive tools through official, effective and clear communication of research results, which can guide towards better governance and stimulate the promotion of best practices. This session will be in english annd will held in the presentation form.
Vittorio Amato (1); Daniela La Foresta (1); Lucia Simonetti (1); De Falco Stefano (1)
(1) University Federico II of Naples, Italy
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