A full digital transformation is unfolding and great hopes are vested in the potentials of digital tools for communication and visualisation in planning processes, for analysing and modelling spatial information, and also for managing whole cities and regions. However, actual practices differ...

Cognitive Computing ist weder in der akademischen noch in der unternehmerischen Welt eindeutig definiert. Das Ziel der Arbeit ist daher die Beantwortung folgender Fragen: 1. Welche Einsatz- und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten bietet Cognitive Computing einem in Deutschland ansässigen Unternehmen? 2....

Sustainability and participation have become two priorities of urban policies. They are usually considered perfectly synergistic, but they are not. This chapter aims to disentangle the imbroglio of sustainability coupled with participatory processes in the theory and practice of urban planning...

In the past, both researchers and policymakers have often underlined the important role cities have to play in reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Meanwhile, city networks have become increasingly active in approaching international...