"This (Smart) Town Ain't Big Enough": Smart Small Towns and Digital Twins for Sustainable Urban and Regional Development
Gabriela Viale Pereira, Lukas Daniel Klausner, Lucy Temple, Thomas, Delissen, Thomas Lampoltshammer, Torsten Priebe

TL;DR
This paper explores how digital twins can support sustainable development in small towns and regions by modeling socio-technical interactions to inform policy decisions.
Contribution
It introduces a framework combining complexity theory and computational social science to model small towns as smart, sustainable systems.
Findings
Developed a model for small towns using digital twins
Identified key stakeholders and components in smart regional development
Provided a roadmap for implementing smart solutions in small urban and non-urban areas
Abstract
One of the major challenges today lies in the creation of governance concepts for regional development that not only promote growth but, at the same time, ensure promotion of inclusiveness, fairness, and resilience. Digital twins can support policymakers in developing smart, sustainable solutions for cities and regions and, therefore, urban and non-urban environments. The project SCiNDTiLA (Smart Cities aNd Digital Twins in Lower Austria) aims to define the state-of-the-art in the field of smart cities, identify interdependencies, critical components and stakeholders, and provide a roadmap for smart cities with application to both smaller-scale urban and non-urban environments. SCiNDTiLA uses the foundations of complexity theory and computational social science methods to model Austrian towns and regions as smart cities/regions and thus as systems of socio-technical interaction to guide…
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TopicsSmart Cities and Technologies · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
