Spatial and territorial development planning: digital challenge and reinvention using a multi-disciplinary approach to support collaborative work

The article identifies practical solutions in response to the challenge of reinventing spatial and territorial development planning through digital transformation into a multidisciplinary approach. The proposed smart tools include a predefined set of territorial development indexes, quantitative analyses that automatized the extraction of the existing situation and the malfunctions of the territory immediately after loading the specific data on thematic domains. Having the entire situation ready for decisions, the planning effort focus is oriented mainly on the innovation and creativity in choosing the development directions. The sets of quantitative indicators constituted as a baseline for the analyzed territory. Permanently measuring this set of indicators determines whether conditions are improving against the baseline in order to ensure the achievement of the proposed outcomes. Based on these smart tools, we can generate a strengthened community commitment to the proposed integrated plan, while the process becomes more transparent, and findings are being reported impartially.