Spatial demography reshapes smart cities under rapid urbanization
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Keywords: spatial demography, urbanization, population geography, smart cities
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Tiansheng Tan, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
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In the last few decades, a large number of smart cities have flourished around the world. As estimated, more than half of the world’s population now live in urban areas rather than rural regions. Growth and migration in population have developed interaction with spaces, which bring both opportunities and challenges to the development of urbanization. The spatial association between the multiple demographic variables and socio-economic configurations under the expansion of urbanization will be critically analyzed with respect to the sustainability of smart cities. This paper reviews some resultant debates and emerging ethical concerns to justify the rationale of urban spatial demography faced with increasing challenges, including climate change, food insecurity, energy shortage, population increase and social inclusion. Besides, this paper examines the impacts of migration in big cities through economic, social, political and urban infrastructure service datasets. Given the widespread disagreements about the “smart” solutions for urban development, this paper explores the socio-economic and spatial inequalities result from smart city sensors, and it validates the connections between urban mobility and sensor coverage. Since population density and composition vary spatially, and human mobility within the city is selective. Through the investigation of smart cities and evolving spatial demographics, it concludes that urbanization is a crucial driver for population change in smart cities, which is closely related to spatial demography issues and other urban planning policies.
Spatial demography reshapes smart cities under rapid urbanization
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