The space of flows and mobility technologies: social challenges for innovation
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The aim of this paper is to identify the possibilities offered for social innovation and economic reactivation after the covid-19 pandemic by the link between Communication and Information Technologies (ICT) and mobility technologies in contemporary cities. In the first part, a socio-historical analysis of the innovations in communications and transport technologies during the Industrial Revolution is carried out. In the second part, based on the concept of the space of flows developed by Manuel Castells, the main components and characteristics of the articulation between icts and the socio-territorial transformation of contemporary cities are identified, mainly through connectivity and the establishment of value chains with other cities at national, regional and global levels, prefiguring itself as one of the factors for urban competitiveness. Finally, the indicators present in two urban competitiveness indexes are analyzed as an initial sample of possible factors for social innovation and economic recovery.
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