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Review

Toward the Human Scale in Smart Cities: Exploring the Role of Active Mobility in Ecosystemic Urbanism

by
Froylán Correa
1,
Miguel Bartorila
1,
Mónica Ribeiro-Palacios
2,
Gerardo I. Pérez-Soto
1 and
Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz
1,*
1
Faculty of Engineering, Autonomus University of Queretaro, Santiago de Querétaro 76010, Mexico
2
Faculty of Philosophy, Autonomus University of Queretaro, Santiago de Querétaro 76000, Mexico
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Smart Cities 2024, 7(6), 4002-4024; https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities7060155
Submission received: 21 October 2024 / Revised: 5 December 2024 / Accepted: 13 December 2024 / Published: 16 December 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Mobility: Linking Research, Regulation, Innovation and Practice)

Abstract

Active Mobility (AM) currently presents an opportunity to change the paradigm of the competitive and dispersed city created by motorized mobility, revaluing the role of walking and cycling in generating more sustainable urban ecosystems. This article addresses the challenges and opportunities for AM to contribute to the regeneration of urban systems and the capacity for anticipation. This article analyzes AM using the Ecosystemic Urbanism (EU) as an analysis framework within its four axes: social cohesion, complexity, efficiency, and compactness and functionality. Through this analysis, the points of incidence of AM were identified within each of these axes. The study highlights the potential of AM to act as a transformative driver in urban development, integrating an ecological framework where urban systems are interconnected and mutually reinforced. This perspective reveals walking and cycling as a catalyst for reshaping urban interactions. In light of this, future cities must adopt a human urban scale through compactness that fosters complexity and diverse and engaging urban interactions. In addition, the enjoyability achieved through AM brings significant ecosystem benefits by promoting awareness of others, nature, and the interconnectedness between the individual and the city. This represents a new paradigm shift in which the automobile does not play the central role, allowing more sustainable ways of living together.
Keywords: active mobility; ecosystemic urbanism; smart cities; technology; sustainability; walking; cycling active mobility; ecosystemic urbanism; smart cities; technology; sustainability; walking; cycling

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Correa, F.; Bartorila, M.; Ribeiro-Palacios, M.; Pérez-Soto, G.I.; Rodríguez-Reséndiz, J. Toward the Human Scale in Smart Cities: Exploring the Role of Active Mobility in Ecosystemic Urbanism. Smart Cities 2024, 7, 4002-4024. https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities7060155

AMA Style

Correa F, Bartorila M, Ribeiro-Palacios M, Pérez-Soto GI, Rodríguez-Reséndiz J. Toward the Human Scale in Smart Cities: Exploring the Role of Active Mobility in Ecosystemic Urbanism. Smart Cities. 2024; 7(6):4002-4024. https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities7060155

Chicago/Turabian Style

Correa, Froylán, Miguel Bartorila, Mónica Ribeiro-Palacios, Gerardo I. Pérez-Soto, and Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz. 2024. "Toward the Human Scale in Smart Cities: Exploring the Role of Active Mobility in Ecosystemic Urbanism" Smart Cities 7, no. 6: 4002-4024. https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities7060155

APA Style

Correa, F., Bartorila, M., Ribeiro-Palacios, M., Pérez-Soto, G. I., & Rodríguez-Reséndiz, J. (2024). Toward the Human Scale in Smart Cities: Exploring the Role of Active Mobility in Ecosystemic Urbanism. Smart Cities, 7(6), 4002-4024. https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities7060155

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