The politics of “urban expertise”: shifting horizons for critical urban scholarship?

Robin, Enora; Acuto, Michele

doi:10.1080/02723638.2022.2148504

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“…Authored and edited books, conference sessions and reading groups continue to give it a degree of coherency and shape. Earlier this year in this journal, Haupt (2023) made an argument for a particular future for policy mobilities, and he is not alone, with critique and commentaries continuing to come from those inside and outside of it (Hulicka et al., 2023; Plehwe, 2023; Robin & Acuto, 2023; Temenos, 2023).…”

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Policy mobilities, ‘informational infrastructures’ and the ‘digital turn’: Towards a research agenda

Ward

2024

Geography Compass

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This paper draws together elements of the academic literature on policy mobilities on the one hand, and on the ‘digital turn’ on the other. It argues that COVID‐19 accelerated the digitalization of everyday life asking we think through how those already existing informational infrastructures supporting the mobility of policies are continuing to evolve, as are the methods available for researching them. This has potential consequences for how cities practice policy comparison exchange, and learning and how these processes are studied. This paper sets out a three‐pronged schema to take seriously the intersection of policy mobilities and the digital. They are policy mobilities through the digital, policy mobilities produced by the digital and policy mobilities of the digital. It concludes by outlining fruitful areas for a future research agenda.

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Policy mobilities, ‘informational infrastructures’ and the ‘digital turn’: Towards a research agenda

Ward

2024

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“…An emphasis on technical expertise alone is insufficient in a planning context because planners also facilitate collective decision making and navigate political landscapes. Understanding the mix of urban expertise, politics, and power plays an important role in the further adoption of technology by the planning profession where expertise can support hierarchical structures that avoid transparency and inclusiveness [6]. Add to this the different types of planning expertise and experiential knowledge that are difficult to document and operationalize [7], and leveraging AI technologies within the planning profession becomes challenging.…”

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Planning on the Verge of AI, or AI on the Verge of Planning

Sanchez

2023

Urban Science

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The urban planning process is complex, involving social, economic, environmental, and political systems. Knowledge of how these systems interact is the domain of professional planners. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) present planners with a ripe opportunity to critically assess their approaches and explore how new data collection, analysis, and methods can augment the understanding of places as they seek to anticipate futures with improved quality of life. AI can offer access to more and better information about travel patterns, energy consumption, land utilization, and environmental impacts, while also helping to better integrate these systems, which is what planners do. The adoption process will likely be gradual and involve significant time and resources. This article highlights several topics and issues that should be considered during this process. It is argued that planners will be well-served by approaching AI tools in a strategic manner that involves the topics discussed here.

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Rethinking planning and nature conservation through degrowth/ post-growth debates

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Cive

2024

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The politics of “urban expertise”: shifting horizons for critical urban scholarship?

Cited by 6 publications

References 91 publications

Policy mobilities, ‘informational infrastructures’ and the ‘digital turn’: Towards a research agenda

Policy mobilities, ‘informational infrastructures’ and the ‘digital turn’: Towards a research agenda

Planning on the Verge of AI, or AI on the Verge of Planning

Rethinking planning and nature conservation through degrowth/ post-growth debates

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