El futuro de las ciudades digitales. Retos, oportunidades y prospectivas

Starting from the definition and the analysis of the smart city notion, this article will introduce the main theoretical sociological approaches upon the topic in object. Digital technologies are increasing transforming social behaviors, social relations, and lately even spatial interaction. The city as a place of production, consumption and prosumption thanks to the digitalization is increasing defined as a hybrid space, a mix of physical and digital con-texts. The article will develop an analysis of the hybridization of the city spaces through a series of case studies.