Smart City Gnosys
Smart city article details
| Title | The Social Digital Twin:The Social Turn In The Field Of Smart Cities |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 56880 |
| Authors | Yossef Ravid B.; Aharon-Gutman M. |
| Year | 2023 |
| Published | Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 50, 6 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23998083221137079 |
| Abstract | Complexity theory has become a conceptual framework and a source of inspiration for Smart City initiatives. In addition to many other conceptions, the Urban Digital Twin (UDT) became both a concept and a tool for generating the revolutionary act of data-driven 3D city modeling. Indeed, the UDT has increased the ability of planners to make decisions vis-à-vis data-driven city models; at the same time, however, it has attracted criticism because of its focus on the physical dimensions of cities. In facing these challenges, we seek to join the conceptual and practical efforts to generate a social turn in the field of Smart Cities and urban innovation. Creating a UDT with a social focus, we maintain, is not only a 1:1 translation of the built environment into the social realm, but also demands interdisciplinary knowledge from the fields of sociology, anthropology, planning, and ethics studies. This article makes theoretical and methodological contributions. Theoretically, it discusses the potential contribution of the Social Urban Digital Twin (SUDT) to the theory of urbanism, enabling us to represent the physical and the social environments as a single fabric. Methodologically, it enhances the know-how of the City Analytics research community by advancing a six-phase protocol for developing SUDTs, each phase of which integrates technological conceptions and social-theoretical content. The phases of the SUDT protocol are demonstrated using a specific case study: the experience of elderly residents of the Haifa neighborhood of Hadar—a low-income neighborhood in Israel characterized by ethnic and national diversity—during the Coronavirus pandemic. We conclude by discussing the contributions and limitations of the SUDT. © The Author(s) 2022. |
| Author Keywords | Digital twin; social planning; social turn in the field of smart cities; urban complexity; urbanism |
Similar Articles
| Id | Similarity | Authors | Title | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
32068  | 0.931 | Qanazi S.; Leclerc E.; Bosredon P. | Integrating Social Dimensions Into Urban Digital Twins: A Review And Proposed Framework For Social Digital Twins | Smart Cities, 8, 1 (2025) |
| 59924 | 0.921 | Argota Sánchez-Vaquerizo J. | Urban Digital Twins And Metaverses Towards City Multiplicities: Uniting Or Dividing Urban Experiences? | Ethics and Information Technology, 27, 1 (2025) |
| 41346 | 0.918 | Nochta T.; Oti-Sarpong K. | Participation Matters: The Social Construction Of Digital Twins For Cities | Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (2024) |
| 59925 | 0.916 | Dembski, F; Wössner, U; Letzgus, M; Ruddat, M; Yamu, C | Urban Digital Twins For Smart Cities And Citizens: The Case Study Of Herrenberg, Germany | SUSTAINABILITY, 12, 6 (2020) |
| 59922 | 0.915 | Weil C.; Bibri S.E.; Longchamp R.; Golay F.; Alahi A. | Urban Digital Twin Challenges: A Systematic Review And Perspectives For Sustainable Smart Cities | Sustainable Cities and Society, 99 (2023) |
| 4227 | 0.914 | Mazzetto S. | A Review Of Urban Digital Twins Integration, Challenges, And Future Directions In Smart City Development | Sustainability (Switzerland), 16, 19 (2024) |
| 57598 | 0.912 | Qanazi S.; Leclerc E.; Bosredon P. | Toward A Comprehensive Definition Of Urban Digital Twins: Bridging Gaps For Smart City Development | Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 1310 LNNS (2025) |
| 60168 | 0.911 | Charitonidou M. | Urban Scale Digital Twins Vis-À-Vis Complex Phenomena: Datafication And Social And Environmental Equity | Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, 2 (2023) |
| 60167 | 0.909 | Charitonidou M. | Urban Scale Digital Twins In Data-Driven Society: Challenging Digital Universalism In Urban Planning Decision-Making | International Journal of Architectural Computing, 20, 2 (2022) |
| 57065 | 0.909 | Omrany H.; Mehdipour A.; Oteng D.; Al-Obaidi K.M. | The Uptake Of Urban Digital Twins In The Built Environment: A Pathway To Resilient And Sustainable Cities | Computational Urban Science, 5, 1.0 (2025) |