Conveners
SS_18 SMART CITY AS A TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH? CONCEPTUALIZING DIGITAL TOOLS IN SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT IN A CONTEXT OF AGEING
- Karina Pallagst (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau)
- Annette Spellerberg
Today, all over the world many cities are applying smart solutions, and position themselves as Smart Cities, but how are Smart Cities conceptualized in different planning cultures? Spatial planning systems are based upon different institutional and cultural conditions. While these may present comparable features, these planning systems were designed to operate in distinct cultural, normative...
The baby boomer cohort, which makes up around a quarter of Germany's population, is gradually retiring. Individual time budgets are changing radically as a result; activities that were previously assigned to ‘recreation’ and ‘leisure’ (e.g. active sports, shopping, excursions) determine everyday behaviour and mobility. Additionally, the advancing digitalisation of almost all areas of life is...
Planning tools are becoming increasingly digital (e.g. Bielik et al., 2021; Streich, 2011). But there are still several gaps between analysis tools (mainly with GIS, but also CAD) and design tools (mainly with visualization programs or CAD). At the same time, demographic and other social data as well as spatial data are increasingly differentiated and available at different scales (e.g. Liao...
The issue of healthcare has become a more important topic for spatial sciences and spatial planning in recent years, not only due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but also due to an increasing shortage of skilled labour. In addition to various approaches to preventive health protection and health promotion, it is also increasingly about ensuring equal living conditions and basic outpatient care for...
In recent years, the field of spatial science and spatial planning has seen a resurgence of interest in health-related issues. This development can be partly attributed to the impact of the pandemic and the ongoing demographic shifts, leading to a growing lack of skilled labour (see ARL 2023, p.14). This has long since ceased to be just about preventative health protection (keyword:...
Man-made climate change is leading to an increase in average air temperatures. This has a particular impact on densely populated and sealed urban areas by intensifying the urban heat island effect. An important instrument for adapting the associated temperature changes is the development, preservation and establishment of green spaces in urban areas. The creation of a green space mapping...
