Unifying the Field of Digital Twins for Urban Management Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications

<p><em>Unifying the Field of Digital Twins for Urban Management</em> presents a holistic and integrated approach to the rapidly evolving field of digital twins for urban management. The framework offers a structured approach that encompasses both theoretical underpinnings and practical applications. It aims to provide a foundation to support enhanced decision-making, optimised resource utilisation, and improved urban resilience and sustainability. </p><p>The book aims to address a lack of consistency, coherence and uniformity within current approaches, and offers a unified framework to facilitate collaboration and knowledge exchange across diverse areas, such as urban management, systems thinking, data science and social science. </p><p>Key features include</p><ul><li>a systematic framework (DATUM) to unify the field of digital twins for urban management</li><li>coverage of theoretical foundations and a step-by-step methodology to guide digital twin-based interventions</li><li>a standardised language to facilitate classification, documentation and communication of digital twin use cases</li><li>validation of the DATUM framework through a combination of focus group research, case studies and action research, ensuring applicability and effectiveness. </li></ul><p><em>Unifying the Field of Digital Twins for Urban Management</em> is designed for a wide audience, including digital twin practitioners, researchers, urban managers and policy makers interested in harnessing the potential of digital twins to improve urban environments.</p>