Citizen Participation and the Rise of Digital Media Platforms in Smart Governance and Smart Cities

Gil, Olga; Cortés-Cediel, María E.; Cantador, Iván

doi:10.4018/ijepr.2019010102

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“…In detail, the operational phases, integrated in a holistic perspective of the urban context, are divided into planning, sensing, collecting, processing and analysis of urban data and results. In Phase 1, or planning, the role of ICTs is highlighted, which allows citizens to participate in the decision-making process and to enhance systemic collaboration between stakeholders involved, contributing significantly to greater comprehension, transparency and accountability [123][124][125]. Hence, planning activities through smart solutions permits a holistic and integrated approach of the various urban dimensions (e.g., governance, economy, environment, mobility, living, and people), reducing costs and time of the bureaucratic collaborations between departments and improving quality and efficiency of urban services [126].…”

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Understanding Sensor Cities: Insights from Technology Giant Company Driven Smart Urbanism Practices

D’Amico

L’Abbate

Liao

et al. 2020

Sensors

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The data-driven approach to sustainable urban development is becoming increasingly popular among the cities across the world. This is due to cities’ attention in supporting smart and sustainable urbanism practices. In an era of digitalization of urban services and processes, which is upon us, platform urbanism is becoming a fundamental tool to support smart urban governance, and helping in the formation of a new version of cities—i.e., City 4.0. This new version utilizes urban dashboards and platforms in its operations and management tasks of its complex urban metabolism. These intelligent systems help in maintaining the robustness of our cities, integrating various sensors (e.g., internet-of-things) and big data analysis technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence) with the aim of optimizing urban infrastructures and services (e.g., water, waste, energy), and turning the urban system into a smart one. The study generates insights from the sensor city best practices by placing some of renowned projects, implemented by Huawei, Cisco, Google, Ericsson, Microsoft, and Alibaba, under the microscope. The investigation findings reveal that the sensor city approach: (a) Has the potential to increase the smartness and sustainability level of cities; (b) Manages to engage citizens and companies in the process of planning, monitoring and analyzing urban processes; (c) Raises awareness on the local environmental, social and economic issues, and; (d) Provides a novel city blueprint for urban administrators, managers and planners. Nonetheless, the use of advanced technologies—e.g., real-time monitoring stations, cloud computing, surveillance cameras—poses a multitude of challenges related to: (a) Quality of the data used; (b) Level of protection of traditional and cybernetic urban security; (c) Necessary integration between the various urban infrastructure, and; (d) Ability to transform feedback from stakeholders into innovative urban policies.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Sensor Cities: Insights from Technology Giant Company Driven Smart Urbanism Practices

D’Amico

L’Abbate

Liao

et al. 2020

Sensors

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“…Different crises at the global level have played a key role in the levels of distrust and disaffection among citizens in recent years. The idea of an institutional and administrative opening, based on digital media platforms, is advocated as a means of recovering legitimacy [60], therewith, abandoning the image of old-fashioned governance that has been distant from the citizen. Through open data systems, social media, and interactive applications, citizens obtain more knowledge on matters that affect their cities.…”

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“…In spite of the fact that access to EU funding needs to be less complex, funding mechanisms, such as the Horizon 2020 program, are increasingly linked with climate objectives [27,37]. Lastly, the three cities presented great focus on the involvement of the citizens, which is fundamental in Smart City approaches [60]. Awareness of climate change impacts in combination with an innovation ecosystem gives an insight in the possible outcome of a "grand vision of meaningfully linking the small enterprise that captures energy usage live data with a city council's ambitions for meeting CO2 emission targets" [61] (p. 675), hence, also creating the basis for technological innovation in adaptation efforts.…”

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Smart and Sustainable? Positioning Adaptation to Climate Change in the European Smart City

Fernández

Peek

2020

Smart Cities

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This article reports on the elements of adaptation to climate change in European Smart City initiatives in order to understand to what extent Smart Cities can be the answer in the fight against climate change. On the grounds of innovative efforts implemented in Barcelona, Rotterdam, and Vienna, we examine the opportunities and obstacles to both Smart Environment (defined as an axis of the Smart City) and adaptation to climate change, linking them together. As it is difficult to estimate the benefits of climate action in the short term due to often costly solutions, Smart City proposals could provide the economic incentive to create adaptive, energy-efficient, and sustainable societies. As the need for adaptive and resilient cities in the global context of climate change rises, the concept of Smart City might need to evolve into that of a Smart Sustainable City, positioning the environment at the core of its development. Results from this analysis suggest that the interaction between technology and nature can be enhanced when a Smart City approach promotes the integration of climate strategies and encourages the participation of citizens, something that is crucial since early adaptation efforts can safeguard smart infrastructure from climate impacts.

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“…Technology, despite being increasingly evolved, disseminated, and accessible to the population, does not replace human responsibility in the planning and governance process of cities [30]. However, it can assist in solving complex problems, by providing greater interactivity, quality, and efficiency in urban services, reducing costs and improving connections between governments and society [31]. Therefore, smart cities are supported by a combination of technological infrastructure, human skills, knowledge management, and innovation [32].…”

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“…Assuming the idea of governance as a sociotechnical process, under the social aspect, smart city governance allows citizens to articulate their interests, measure their differences, and exercise their rights and duties in decision-making, in a responsibility shared with the government, with the aim of improving life in cities [31]. From a technical point of view, governance aims to establish an environment with technological and legal infrastructure that allows the connection between government and society.…”

Section: Smart Urban Governancementioning

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The Evolution of City-as-a-Platform: Smart Urban Development Governance with Collective Knowledge-Based Platform Urbanism

Repette

Marques

Yiğitcanlar

et al. 2021

Land

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Since the advent of the second digital revolution, the exponential advancement of technology is shaping a world with new social, economic, political, technological, and legal circumstances. The consequential disruptions force governments and societies to seek ways for their cities to become more humane, ethical, inclusive, intelligent, and sustainable. In recent years, the concept of City-as-a-Platform was coined with the hope of providing an innovative approach for addressing the aforementioned disruptions. Today, this concept is rapidly gaining popularity, as more and more platform thinking applications become available to the city context—so-called platform urbanism. These platforms used for identifying and addressing various urbanization problems with the assistance of open data, participatory innovation opportunity, and collective knowledge. With these developments in mind, this study aims to tackle the question of “How can platform urbanism support local governance efforts in the development of smarter cities?” Through an integrative review of journal articles published during the last decade, the evolution of City-as-a-Platform was analyzed. The findings revealed the prospects and constraints for the realization of transformative and disruptive impacts on the government and society through the platform urbanism, along with disclosing the opportunities and challenges for smarter urban development governance with collective knowledge through platform urbanism.

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Citizen Participation and the Rise of Digital Media Platforms in Smart Governance and Smart Cities

Cited by 56 publications

References 17 publications

Understanding Sensor Cities: Insights from Technology Giant Company Driven Smart Urbanism Practices

Understanding Sensor Cities: Insights from Technology Giant Company Driven Smart Urbanism Practices

Smart and Sustainable? Positioning Adaptation to Climate Change in the European Smart City

The Evolution of City-as-a-Platform: Smart Urban Development Governance with Collective Knowledge-Based Platform Urbanism

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