Making Automation Work for Cities: Impacts and Policy Responses

Heinrichs, Dirk; Rupprecht, Siegfried; Smith, Scott

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-94896-6_21

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“…Imagine a future where labour shortages are a thing of the past (Sheehan et al, 2018). This is a world without taxi drivers (Heinrichs et al, 2019) and where your city guide is an android (Yeoman, 2012). Singularity is a future point where technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unfathomable changes to human civilization (Kurzweil, 2005).…”

Section: Turning Point 6: Transformation Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Turning points in tourism’s development: 1946-2095, a perspective article

Yeoman

McMahon‐Beattie

2019

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Purpose This paper sets out to identify when, how and why tourism has changed from 1946 to 2020 using historical and future turning points. Design/methodology/approach Using the evolutionary paradigm from future studies and the authors’ expertise, this paper aims to provide a focussed review of the history of tourism to identify turning points drawing upon examples from Tourism Review that have transformed or will be of significance in the evolution of tourism. Findings This paper identifies three historical turning points which are mobility, Fordism and mass tourism and a modern-day leisure class. Three future turning points are identified including the political importance of tourism, footprint and transformational technologies. Originality/value By undertaking a historical analysis of the tourism literature, we can determine that Hobsbawm’s (1995, p. 46) proposition that “the future is a replication of the past” is true, as many of the debates about tourism from the past are relevant today and will be in the future. Thus, this paper identifies six turning points that are of significance to historians and futurists in understanding the evolution of tourism from 1946 to 2095.

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Section: Turning Point 6: Transformation Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Turning points in tourism’s development: 1946-2095, a perspective article

Yeoman

McMahon‐Beattie

2019

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“…The challenge at hand lies in envisioning possibilities for urban transformation that utilize the technologies' potentials in line with existing urban development goals (Heinrichs et al, 2019). Given that many cities face limits in infrastructural capacity, increasing environmental pollution, and continued urbanization, prospects of technological problem-solving within the transportation industry appear as welcome resolutions to complex urban challenges.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As new service providers and technological pilot projects gain presence in cities, it has become paramount for public administration and planning departments to engage in multistakeholder dialogues, develop agendas, and implement policies (Hoadley, 2018;Heinrichs et al, 2019). However, it is important to note that cultural mobility practices and spatial morphology contribute to a 'remaking of the system of automobility' (Urry, 2004, p. 32), as much as vested stakeholder interests or established planning procedures and institutions (Pflieger et al, 2009).…”

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How to Plan for Transformative Change in light of New Mobility Technologies? A Discussion on Reflexivity as a Planning Principle and the Format of Real-world Laboratories

Bruck

2018

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The fundamental uncertainty that accompanies innovation and transformation processes has influenced a growing body of literature on adaptive, explorative and reflexive planning. Such notions take stock of the complex interdependence in technological, social and spatial development. The article explores notions of reflexivity in urban planning and expands three dimensions with respect to the ongoing mobility transition: Openness and flexibility; learning and exploration; and embedding of initiatives. In this context, the article further reviews realworld laboratories as a format to structure learning processes and transdisciplinary collaboration for alternative mobility futures. In the wake of a rapidly growing new mobility sector in cities, aspirations of problem-solving through technology prevail. Yet urban planners and policy makers are challenged to evaluate opportunities and risks in relation to existing urban development goals. Reflexive strategies encourage long-term thinking, anticipation of unintended consequences and short-term explorations. A systematic integration of reflexivity can enable urban planners to intentionally guide change processes, while also facilitating the agency of others.

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