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The adoption of urban digital twins
Abstract The urban management industry has recently shown interest in implementing digital twins in cities to improve urban planning, optimize asset management and create secure, sustainable cities. Built on the knowledge gained with the development of smart cities and the implementation of digital twins in other industries, urban digital twins have experienced a significant expansion in just a few years. However, this rapid growth has led to a fragmented situation where the definition of the concept of urban digital twin is not clear and implementations share few similarities. For this reason, the main objective of this paper was to contribute to the conceptualization of the digital twin in urban management. To do so, existing initiatives were mapped in terms of applications, inputs, processing and outputs. Requirements were elicited and the basic structure of a city digital twin was defined. Benefits, open issues and key challenges were also identified. This paper will be useful for stakeholders within the urban management area as it establishes the basis for the future design, development and widespread adoption of urban digital twins.
Highlights Existing approaches on urban digital twins have been reviewed. The present capability to act on the physical twin is limited. Standardization is needed to achieve interoperability between digital twins. Benefits, open issues and key challenges are discussed.
The adoption of urban digital twins
Abstract The urban management industry has recently shown interest in implementing digital twins in cities to improve urban planning, optimize asset management and create secure, sustainable cities. Built on the knowledge gained with the development of smart cities and the implementation of digital twins in other industries, urban digital twins have experienced a significant expansion in just a few years. However, this rapid growth has led to a fragmented situation where the definition of the concept of urban digital twin is not clear and implementations share few similarities. For this reason, the main objective of this paper was to contribute to the conceptualization of the digital twin in urban management. To do so, existing initiatives were mapped in terms of applications, inputs, processing and outputs. Requirements were elicited and the basic structure of a city digital twin was defined. Benefits, open issues and key challenges were also identified. This paper will be useful for stakeholders within the urban management area as it establishes the basis for the future design, development and widespread adoption of urban digital twins.
Highlights Existing approaches on urban digital twins have been reviewed. The present capability to act on the physical twin is limited. Standardization is needed to achieve interoperability between digital twins. Benefits, open issues and key challenges are discussed.
The adoption of urban digital twins
Ferré-Bigorra, Jaume (author) / Casals, Miquel (author) / Gangolells, Marta (author)
Cities ; 131
2022-08-02
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Digital Twins and Civil Engineering Phases: Reorienting Adoption Strategies
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