Smart Citizens for Realizing Smarter Cities

Roscia, Mariacristina; Costoiu, Mihnea; Lăzăroiu, George

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-85566-6_1

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“…The type of participation in all five processes analyzed shows genuine participation in the form of active involvement on the part of the citizenry [49]. These multi-stakeholder collaborations have been pointed out by researchers for years (see, among others [50][51][52][53][54]). In the narrative atmosphere during the interviews, the respondents revealed an openness regarding inter-municipal collaborations that Israilidis et.al (2021) still lacked in their comparative study from 1990-2018 [15].…”

Section: Cooperation/collaboration and Participationmentioning

confidence: 67%

Smart Sustainable Cities—Case Study Südwestfalen Germany

2022

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The transformation of society into sustainable structures is one of the most important tasks for the future. That cities have a decisive role to play in this transformation process has been known at least since Rio 1992. They have enormous pressure to act for change: They are at the same time problem and solution for sustainable development. Currently there is another significant development for cities—the need and external pressure to be “smart”, often understood merely as applying the latest digital technologies to become more efficient. The Smart City and the Sustainable City can work hand in hand or hinder each other, depending on their interpretation. In this study we focus on five Smart Cities in Western Germany to get a closer look at how they shape their processes and whether the underlying motivation is to become a technologically Smart City, focus on sustainable development, or both. With the help of the innovation biography research method, we show how cities shape the dynamic process towards forming a Smart City, the role sustainable urban development plays in the process, who the actors involved are, and the important role improved knowledge management then plays for the diffusion of the Smart Sustainable City within the region. It becomes clear how important communication and narratives are both in the process within each City towards forming a Smart Sustainable City and for the first step of diffusion, the adaptation of other cities within the region. This study is intended to serve both as a basis for cross-regional consideration and dialogue for the transfer of successful processes.

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Section: Cooperation/collaboration and Participationmentioning

confidence: 67%

Smart Sustainable Cities—Case Study Südwestfalen Germany

2022

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“…The first sub-stream examines the notion of smart citizens, recognizing its significance but suggesting that it needs further refinement. In this way, studies acknowledge that, at the core, smart citizens have access to technology and knowledge, are digitally skilled and informed, and can actively and meaningfully participate in complex, technology-oriented smart city decisions [20,33,132,133]. Yet, this perception of smart citizens can exclude those unaware of the use and impact of technology in their cities, which limits participation [58,71,107,127].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The third sub-stream argues that the narrative on smart citizens depoliticizes urban issues. Such detachment frames pressing issues as engineering or mathematical challenges to be solved using the right technology or data rather than broader socio-political or structural problems [23,30,51,53,128,132,138,139]. This proclivity positions the smart city as a fated and accepted present or future, leaving less room for smart citizens to resist or question it politically, prompting calls to re-politicize smart city discussions and decisions [127,128].…”

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Fostering Smart Citizens: The Role of Public Libraries in Smart City Development

Buyannemekh,

Gasco-Hernandez,

Gil-Garcia

2024

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With rapid urbanization, cities worldwide have sought innovative, sustainable solutions such as smart city initiatives to leverage technology and data to better manage this growth and the challenges it brings. Developing smart cities requires multi-stakeholder collaboration, including citizens who, as smart citizens, are aware and capable of using technologies to improve their quality of life and actively and equally contribute to making their cities smarter. This study examines how smart citizens are developed by focusing on the underexplored role of public libraries as community organizations in such efforts. To this end, we use comparative case studies of four U.S. public libraries informed by thirty-seven in-depth interviews with representatives from these libraries, local governments, and external partners. Our findings indicate that by providing inclusive access to advanced technology and training, facilitating civic engagement, and promoting innovation, public libraries can develop citizens who, as smart citizens, have the digital skills, agency, and creativity to actively contribute to smart city development. In doing so, public libraries can bridge digital and social divides and thereby develop smart citizens in a way that furthers inclusive and representative participation of their communities in smart city initiatives.

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Smart Citizens for Realizing Smarter Cities

Cited by 2 publications

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Smart Sustainable Cities—Case Study Südwestfalen Germany

Smart Sustainable Cities—Case Study Südwestfalen Germany

Fostering Smart Citizens: The Role of Public Libraries in Smart City Development

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