The perspective of layers offers a way of understanding the complexities of urban spaces consisting of a physical layer at the street level, a data layer at the digital level, and a services layer that may also be at the street layer for people moving through the city and at the governance level involving city staff, management, and officials.
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New Urban Layers and Spaces: Infrastructures, Experiences, and Interactions
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 32
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7882-6.ch003
Abstract
This chapter explores infrastructures, experiences, and interactions in relation to emerging urban layers and spaces for engagement in the city. The purpose of this chapter is to shed light on the digital layers enabled by information and communication technologies, the internet of things, the internet of people, and other emerging technologies to complement and extend existing urban infrastructural layers. The research literature for infrastructures, experiences, and interactions is explored in this chapter in the context of smart cities, enabling identification of issues, controversies, and problems. Using an exploratory case study approach, solutions and recommendations are advanced. This chapter makes a contribution to 1) the research literature across multiple domains, 2) the identification of challenges and opportunities for research and practice relating to emerging urban layers and spaces going forward, and 3) the extending of existing understandings of urbanity to incorporate digital layers and spaces enabling connected, contextual, and continuous engagement.