Comparing the Adoption of Digital Data and Technologies in Planning
Abstract
The advances in digital spatial information technologies and the diffusion of geographic data in the last decades represent a relevant enabling factor for the rise of what we nowadays call smart cities and communities. This chapter reviews the evolution and diffusion of spatial data and related technologies, and its relevance to sustainable spatial planning, highlighting still existing gaps and opportunities for further advances with an international comparative perspective.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Smart Cities and Technologies
Geographic Information Systems Studies
Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
Publication details
- Pages
- 345–356
- Publication date
- 6 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter