Geo-technologies for spatial knowledge: challenges for inclusive and sustainable urban development

Authors
Publication date 2015
Host editors
  • J. Gupta
  • K. Pfeffer
  • H. Verrest
  • M. Ros-Tonen
Book title Geographies of urban governance: advanced theories, methods and practices
ISBN
  • 9783319212715
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9783319212722
Pages (from-to) 147-173
Publisher Cham: Springer
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract
Critical to governance for sustainable and inclusive urban development is access to, and management of, relevant contextual spatial knowledge. Digital geo-technologies such as geographical information systems, online applications and spatial simulation models are increasingly becoming embedded in urban governance processes to produce, utilize, exchange, and monitor contextual knowledge and create scenarios for the future. This chapter provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of geo-technologies for spatial knowledge production and management for urban governance focusing on (1) the kinds of geo-technologies that feature in the urban governance area; (2) the discourses with respect to geo-technologies in urban governance processes; (3) the kinds of knowledge produced, used, exchanged, and contested in relation to quality of life, economic development and the ecosystem; and (4) the transformative potential of geo-technologies in urban governance processes. Through this review it draws out the capacities and challenges of geo-technologies for inclusive and sustainable urban development.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21272-2_8
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