Rethinking Urbanization: A Transit-Information-Communication –Technology-Oriented Development Path for the Developing Countries and Post-Industrial Towns
Abstract
This study explores a new path of urbanization to enhance the conventional economy-led urban development practice by conducting an urban quality of life (Uqol) survey. It analyzes the Uqol evaluation gap caused by demographic attributes between developing countries, developed countries, and post-industrial town. We adopted a mixed-methods research design, including a literature review and an Uqol survey, to suggest the transit-oriented-development (TOD) and information-communication-technology (ICT) based urban-rural development concept. The finding indicates a disparity of Uqol mean score rankings among the developing countries, developed countries, and the marginalized post-industrial town. It highlights the health, transportation, socio-economic, and technological development in the developing countries strongly desired. Furthermore, Kruskal-Wallis H-test and Mann-Whitney U-test results show significant differences in economy, technology-ICT, smart living, and lifestyle within education, profession, age, and country groups. It clarifies that the well-being gap is shaped by demography and exhibited geographically, which implies TOD-ICT advancement can break down geographical barriers for achieving sustainable growth in remote areas. Supported by the planetary urbanization theory, the human-technology-driven urban development process would facilitate the maturity and implementation of the proposed TOD-ICT-based urban-ruralism (UxR) concept for enhancing the future global urbanization process.
Keywords : Human and Social Geography; Information-Communication-Technology; Urban Policymaking; Transit-Oriented-Development; Urban Quality of Life
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Brenner, N., & Schmid, C. (2015).Towards a new epistemology of the urban?City (London), 19(2–3), 151–182. https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2015.1014712.
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MQCR. (2018). Mercer’s QOL city ranking 2018. Retrieved from https://www.mercer.com/newsroom/2018-quality-of-living-survey.html.
Murgaš, F.,& Klobučník, M. (2018). QualitY of life in the city, quality of urban life or well-being in the city: Conceptualization and case study. Ekológia (Bratislava), 37(2), 183–200. https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2018-0016.
Pintér, L., Hardi, P., Martinuzzi, A., & Hall, J. (2012). Bellagio STAMP: Principles for sustainability assessment and measurement. Ecological Indicators, 17(1), 20–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.07.001.
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Raworth, K. (2018). Doughnut Economics. Retrieved from https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/.
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SCI (2018). Sustainable Cities Index, 2018. Retrieved from https://www.arcadis.com/en/united-states/our-perspectives/sustainable-cities-index-2018/united-states/.
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Wilson, D., & Jonas, A. E. G. (2018). Planetary urbanization: new perspectives on the debate. Urban Geography, 39 (10), 1576–1580. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2018.1481603.
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2021-04-25
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LAM, Schuman; LI, Heng; YU, Ann T.W..
Rethinking Urbanization: A Transit-Information-Communication –Technology-Oriented Development Path for the Developing Countries and Post-Industrial Towns.
Geosfera Indonesia, [S.l.], v. 6, n. 1, p. 1-19, apr. 2021.
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Available at: <https://jurnal.unej.ac.id/index.php/GEOSI/article/view/20810>. Date accessed: 18 apr. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.19184/geosi.v6i1.20810.
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