Smart citizens for smart cities: participating in the future

Bull, R.K.; Azennoud, Marouane

doi:10.1680/jener.15.00030

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“…Many attempts were made to conceptualize smart citizens. While a variety of researchers focused on contextually bound definitions, there seems to be a lack of agreement regarding the significance of smart citizens in practice [40,62,[74][75][76][77]112,113]. Expanding on prior works, some authors fiercely countered the technodeterministic and/or neoliberal smart city rhetoric from policymakers and technology vendors by pointing out the absence of benefits from citizen-centered smart cities [114,115], whereas others more recently took a constructive approach to consider and elaborate upon the alternatives offered by experimentalism [29,64,65,116].…”

Section: Conceptualizing (Smart) Citizens: a Systematic State Of The Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

(Smart) Citizens from Data Providers to Decision-Makers? The Case Study of Barcelona

2018

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Against the backdrop of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) taking effect in the European Union (EU), a debate emerged about the role of citizens and their relationship with data. European city authorities claim that (smart) citizens are as important to a successful smart city program as data and technology are, and that those citizens must be convinced of the benefits and security of such initiatives. This paper examines how the city of Barcelona is marking a transition from the conventional, hegemonic smart city approach to a new paradigm—the experimental city. Through (i) a literature review, (ii) carrying out twenty in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, and (iii) actively participating in three symposiums in Barcelona from September 2017 to March 2018, this paper elucidates how (smart) citizens are increasingly considered decision-makers rather than data providers. This paper considers (i) the implications of the technopolitics of data ownership and, as a result, (ii) the ongoing implementation of the Digital Plan 2017–2020, its three experimental strategies, and the related seven strategic initiatives. This paper concludes that, from the policy perspective, smartness may not be appealing in Barcelona, although the experimental approach has yet to be entirely established as a paradigm.

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Section: Conceptualizing (Smart) Citizens: a Systematic State Of The Artmentioning

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(Smart) Citizens from Data Providers to Decision-Makers? The Case Study of Barcelona

2018

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“…For example, in [ 62 ], the authors present an urban traffic monitoring system based on participatory sensing, leaving the traffic detection tasks to the cell phones of bus users. Other approaches describe how citizens can serve as human sensors in providing supplementary, alternate, and complementary sources of information for smart cities, by collecting, communicating and sharing data with the corresponding administrations, through interviews, questionnaires, or simply using geo-tagged tweets [ 81 , 82 ].…”

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Towards Smart City Governance. Case Study: Improving the Interpretation of Quantitative Traffic Measurement Data through Citizen Participation

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Sánchez-Sepúlveda

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Citizens play a core role in sustainable cities as users of the services delivered by cities and as active participants in initiatives aimed at making cities more sustainable. This paper considers the role of citizens as information providers and discusses the conditions under which citizens can participate in the development of sustainable cities. The objective of this study is to document the sustainability of an urban transit system and evaluate its compliance, with citizen participation as a major contributor. The methodology used is intensive field visits, interviews, and a mixed analysis of Sant Andreu de Palomar District in Barcelona city. The circulating vehicles are quantitatively monitored, qualitative problems are detected, and the typology of vehicles and other aspects identified and detailed in the study are indicated. All this information is contrasted with that of the technological sensors in the sectors. The results indicate that vehicles in the current pattern of urban density planned under incorrect sensor operation influence sustainable behavior through agglomerative clustering. This paper provides recommendations for future urban sustainability assessment research, including the employment of mixed-methods research, among other strategies. This article is intended to assist policymakers and traffic engineers in evaluating the sustainability of urban transportation infrastructure projects considering citizens as sensors.

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“…Current education needs to be adjusted, so that it will let students grow into smart citizens, aware of their possibilities, rights and duties. With defining this wide system, the most important sources were references 22 to 27 [22][23][24][25][26][27]. The definition of this system is a bit different form the others, because rather than using technologies and tools to create something new, it focuses more about the attitude, behaviour, knowledge, information sharing and the ability of citizens to use available information.…”

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On Smart City and Safe City Concepts

2020

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With current environmental and social challenges in mind, we can say, that Smart Cities are becoming the need of modern society. Many cities in the world are already transforming their ways to be more efficient, greener and also safer. According to our studies, field of safety receives less focus in development strategies than other fields of smart development. However, to create a real Smart City, it is needed to understand the city as a complex environment, with their smart and safe concepts as interconnected parts. This paper deals with interconnected Smart City and Safe City concepts and it presents systems, that are common to both, equal concepts. Systems are divided into layers and features, needed in every system, are further summarized. Number of studied and compared works, dealing with respective systems from various points of view, our own experiences and communication with executives, responsible for smart development of Tampere city resulted in definitions, describing both concepts and each of the system layers, that are presented. The big picture was visualised by a structure for concepts and their systems, where the reader can see their relationships. Overview, of how smartness can improve safety is presented within description of specific system Smart Safety and Smart Healthcare.

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Smart citizens for smart cities: participating in the future

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Cited by 25 publications

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(Smart) Citizens from Data Providers to Decision-Makers? The Case Study of Barcelona

(Smart) Citizens from Data Providers to Decision-Makers? The Case Study of Barcelona

Towards Smart City Governance. Case Study: Improving the Interpretation of Quantitative Traffic Measurement Data through Citizen Participation

On Smart City and Safe City Concepts

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