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This chapter provides a discussion of critical questions surrounding mobile cities. What is a mobile city? How is it formed? Who shapes it and who benefits from it? The chapter starts with a definition of a mobile city, then discusses the three key planning processes that emerged since the mid-twentieth century and how these processes have prevailed or shifted in recent times. The three key planning processes are (1) rational-technical planning, (2) sustainability planning and (3) social justice planning. The chapter explores the role of planners as they redefine the highly contested understanding of public interest while navigating major transportation projects and policies. The chapter concludes by examining what new challenges await planners as the future of urban mobility is shaped by digitally mediated transportation solutions.

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  1. Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, The University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Nina Verzosa

  2. Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Crystal Legacy

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    Dallas Rogers , Adrienne Keane  & Tooran Alizadeh ,  & 

  2. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW, Australia

    Jacqueline Nelson

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Verzosa, N., Legacy, C. (2020). Mobile Cities. In: Rogers, D., Keane, A., Alizadeh, T., Nelson, J. (eds) Understanding Urbanism. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4386-9_7

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