Ruimtelijke planning opnieuw uitgevonden
Auteurs Michael Batty en Wei Yang bespreken het belang van data en digitalisering voor ruimtelijke planning. Zij geven een overzicht van mogelijkheden en uitgangspunten. De auteurs hebben zitting in de 'Digital Task Force for Planning' in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Paper is in het Engels.
Batty en Yang in hun voorwoord:
"Our main messages involve recognising spatial planning as a vital applied science discipline, developing systematic digital thinking, unlocking its full potential facilitating core digital capacities, investing in its research and training, and learning from other applied professions such as medicine where education and practice meet."
"This is not a report that itemises the many digital tools used by planners although these are identified and noted. It is about the wider context of the digital revolution in spatial planning, and it presents 8 recommendations to be pursued by government and the profession. In this sense, it introduces a continuing dialogue, not an ending but a beginning, to reinvigorating the profession and its practice."