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COVID-19 as a driving force for the development of smart cities: the case of Chile

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No. 60 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5370.2020.58617
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The objective of this work is to present the rationale to conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic is acting as a catalyst of the necessary transformations for the urban territories, to transit towards the conformation of smart cities. The theoretical framework used combines the notion of systemic risk with that of the post-Fordist and Schumpeterian paradigm, to establish – from this theoretical base– that the worldwide spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the year 2020, has produced an accelerating effect of the metamorphosis of the urban metabolism, at a global scale, which has been translated into an increase in the practices of digital transformation, creating the conditions for the early evolution of urban territories into smart cities. Data collection, information exchange, estimation of infections and deaths, are just some elements that can be analysed and managed from that perspective of smart cities.

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COVID-19 , smart cities , smartcities , systemic risks.
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Bastías, L. E., & Pérez Leiva, P. (2020). COVID-19 as a driving force for the development of smart cities: the case of Chile. Investigaciones Geográficas, (60), 35–45. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5370.2020.58617
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Investigaciones Geográficas
Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo
Universidad de Chile
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