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Strategic Planning for Smart City Development: Assessing Spatial Inequalities in the Basic Service Provision of Metropolitan Cities

Du, Mengbing; Zhang, Xiaoling; Mora, Luca

Authors

Mengbing Du

Xiaoling Zhang



Abstract

Spatial inequality in basic service provision is a key challenge for smart city development strategies. With a focus on walkable accessibility, this paper proposes a new methodological approach to analyzing spatial inequalities in metropolitan cities. In addition to proving the effectiveness of the proposed methodology by using New York City as an empirical case, the insights offered by the analysis contribute to an improvement in the current understanding of the negative implications that spatial inequalities can have on public health. Policies concerning local public service rearrangement should consider spatial inequalities to promote more effective forms of public participation both in the United States and globally.

Citation

Du, M., Zhang, X., & Mora, L. (2021). Strategic Planning for Smart City Development: Assessing Spatial Inequalities in the Basic Service Provision of Metropolitan Cities. Journal of Urban Technology, 28(1-2), 115-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2020.1803715

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Oct 14, 2020
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date Oct 29, 2020
Journal Journal of Urban Technology
Print ISSN 1063-0732
Electronic ISSN 1466-1853
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 28
Issue 1-2
Pages 115-134
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2020.1803715
Keywords Smart city development, urban sustainability, spatial inequality, assessment, neighborhood walkability
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2693952