Introduction: Digital Platforms, Infrastructure, and Geographical Footprints There is growing concern about the possibility for Large Digital Platforms (LDPs) (e.g., Google, Facebook, and Amazon) to acquire infrastructural status across urban units, from cities to municipalities, regions, and more. Over the last decade, LDPs have emerged not only as providers of services for infrastructural functions such […]

Understanding technology beyond the urban When we think about “technology,” we often misassociate it with big cities, large-scale automation, and smart urban systems. We imagine vast infrastructures, dense networks of cables, lithium batteries, data centers, and planetary connections. Technology thus appears as something inherently metropolitan, embedded in the scale, complexity, and underlying support systems of […]

Digital monitoring technologies are often regarded as smart solutions to various urban challenges, including flooding and water scarcity (Augusto, 2021). To promote sustainability and bolster urban resilience, a continuous stream of data from different types of sensors is integrated into urban infrastructures, enabling smart urban environmental management (Bouroche & Dusparic, 2021). Occasionally, urban environmental data […]