URBAN POLICIES AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS: HIGHLIGHTING THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER OVER THE PERIOD 2010 – 2021

Abstract

Cities, as a source of and a solution to modern challenges (such as financial crisis or health related crisis), are complex systems that give urban policies broad spatial significance. Creating and implementing urban policies engages with many social, economic, environmental, and spatial concerns, which often conflict. Modern technologies offer new possibilities for (i) understanding the special characteristics of the urban space, and for (ii) forming alternative scenarios in forecasts or evaluations. This article uses bibliostatistics analysis and review of about 1,000 relevant articles of the period 2010 - 2021 to identify dominant planning methods and relevant technological approaches or models, with emphasis on knowledge-based systems, and to add new aspects to successful decision making in urban planning.