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Articles | Volume XLVI-4/W1-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVI-4-W1-2021-91-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVI-4-W1-2021-91-2021
03 Sep 2021
 | 03 Sep 2021

COPING WITH THE DYNAMICS OF URBAN SUSTAINABILITY: POSITIONING URBAN EXPERIMENTATION PLATFORMS AS TOOLS FOR POLICY MAKING

S.-V. Rehm, S. McLoughlin, and G. Maccani

Keywords: Digital Platform, Collective Intelligence, System Dynamics, Urban Development, Urban Ecosystem, Urban Experimentation, Urban Governance, Urban Sustainability

Abstract. This research considers the creation of resilient organizational models of urban governance to foster urban sustainability. Building on large-scale urban experimentation initiatives, we identify relevant factors in establishing urban experimentation with the help of digital platforms as a means to support such resilient organizational models. Our findings suggest that digital platforms help establish urban experimentation platforms (UXPs) as a core means to innovate towards urban sustainability. UXPs utilize digital platforms to coordinate policy measures and stimulate collective intelligence in order to reach a sustained local socio-technical transformation process. Based on these empirical findings, we use a systems lens to decompose urban experimentation into interconnected sub-systems and then describe some characteristics of their dynamic interaction. Our goal is to develop a System Dynamics model and simulations to support urban public authority decision makers in formulating and implementing policy interventions towards urban sustainability.