Unifying the Field of Digital Twins for Urban Management Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications

Introduction 1

1.1. Background, rationale and motivations

1.2. Core challenge

1.3. The motivation behind this book

1.4. The scope of this book

1.5. Book structure

2 Our lens and approach

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Our philosophy – critical realism

2.3. Research methodology

2.4. DSR [1]: Awareness of problem

2.5. DSR [2]: Suggestion

2.6. DSR [3]: Development

2.7. DSR [4]: Evaluation

2.8. DSR [5]: Conclusion

3 Navigating the landscape

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Systems thinking

3.3. Urban management

3.4. Digital twin

3.5. Systematic literature review

3.6. Q1 – Synthesis of results

3.7. Q2 – Synthesis of results

3.8. Q3 and Q4 – Synthesis of results

3.9. Summary

4 Designed amalgam of twinning for urban

management (DATUM): the way forward

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Three-layered perspective

4.3. Layer 2: The morphogenetic/morphostatic framework

4.4. Layer 3: The structure of scientific revolution

4.5. The evolution of urban management

4.6. Designed amalgam of twinning for urban

management [DATUM]

4.7. Summary

5 Methods: digital twin uses classification

system (DTUCS)

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Digital twin uses classification system

5.3. The gemini framework: reference architecture

6 Philosophical foundations: critical realism

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Way forward – three theoretical propositions

7 Methodology: Data-driven multimethod

methodology [DM2]

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Existing CR-informed methodologies

7.3. Data-driven multi-method methodology [DM2]

7.4. Summary

8 Putting DATUM to the test

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Evaluation of philosophical element

8.3. Evaluation of methodical element

8.4. Evaluation of DATUM

8.5 Summary

9 Reflections and future prospects

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Contributions of this book

9.3. Recommendations

9.4. Future work

Index