Digitalization fosters the emergence of new data, behaviours and services in the traditional areas of public policies: water, mobility, energy, waste, etc. To develop a prospective approach to the « smart diffuse city », we explore the positive and negative sides of the « digital revolution » from an internationally comparative perspective:
- How does the use of new data help to fill gaps in the knowledge and modelling of diffuse urbanization?
- How can new data help public and private stakeholders to develop services that are better adapted to inhabitants’ needs and promote sustainable urban development?
- How do digital technologies and their uses contribute to revitalized forms of urban planning and management, including risk management?
- Does digitalization increase or reduce socio-spatial inequalities between dense and diffuse territories?