The Rise of Platform Urbanism in the West and Impacts on the Future City Development in China
Abstract：
Urban platforms are changing the way cities operate and residents experience cities. Platform-based urban space and the reconstruction of residents’ lives have attracted academics’ attentions. Platform urbanism, a movement centered on urban platforms, has also been used by scholars to define and understand the impacts of the platform on various elements of the city. By sorting out existing research relating to the concepts of platform urbanism, this paper clarifies its connotation as the integration of emerging technologies to regulate, optimize and reconfigure various urban elements, thereby reshaping the city. It further highlights the key characteristics of platform urbanism as being data-centered, spatially embedded, and oriented toward the market or consumers’ demands. Based on this, this paper considers the future city development of China under the background of platform urbanism from three aspects of urban space, urban residents and urban governance, intending to support China’s future city planning and construction.