Critical Review of Citizens’ Participation in Achieving Smart Sustainable Cities: The Case of Saudi Arabia

Alamoudi, Abood Khaled; Abidoye, Rotimi Boluwatife; Lam, Terence Y.M.

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-06371-8_29

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“…In addition, each of these domains consists of a set of indicators and sub-indicators that are used to measure those domains. On the other hand, six major domains determine the scope of smart cities, which are Smart Economics, Smart Environment, Smart Governance, Smart People, Smart Living, and Smart Mobility (see Table 3) [39]. This study has examined three sets of measures for SSCO.…”

Section: Smart Sustainable Cities Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Impact of Citizens’ Participation Level on Smart Sustainable Cities Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

2023

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It is imperative to expand the concept of smart cities beyond merely focusing on technology to include human, social, and environmental capital investing to develop smart sustainable cities (SSC). In recognition of smart cities’ advantages, several cities have adopted smart city labels. Although citizens’ engagement in public urban development and decision-making has been acknowledged globally in many countries, evaluating the outcomes that allow citizens to contribute does not measure and compare with other factors. This study examines the impact between the citizens’ participation level (CPL) and the smart sustainable cities outcome (SSCO). Four factors were extracted from the literature review and interviews were conducted with 12 decision and policymakers to establish the importance of these factors and to suggest any other additional factors. In addition, a questionnaire survey was utilised to assess and validate the result by experts in the field of the built environment. The mean score (MS) ranking was used to confirm the importance of these predicted correlations with SSCO. Endogeneity tests and multivariate regression analysis were adopted to validate the causality between CLP and SSCO. The results suggest that a positive significant correlation exists between the CPL and SSCO. A higher CPL leads to a higher level of SSCO, but this does not apply the other way around. The four significant factors of CPL to engage and empower citizens are accountability and responsibility, transparency, participation, and inclusion. This paper contributes to knowledge by identifying the measures of CPL and SSCO that can support the implementation of SSC by understanding what can be expected from the government and decision-makers and what can be expected from the citizens.

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Section: Smart Sustainable Cities Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, the drivers for the SSCO are smart economics, smart environment, smart governance, smart people, smart living, and smart mobility [39]. A lack of opportunities for citizens to be a part of the decision-making process can influence their participation level.…”

Section: Theme 2: the Drivers Of Cpl And Sscomentioning

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The Impact of Citizens’ Participation Level on Smart Sustainable Cities Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

2023

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“…It consists of identifying and deciding on alternative options that result in the desired result. The field of decision-making is not well understood [74]. Workers at all organizational levels make a range of judgments based on the data they acquire.…”

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A Qualitative Study on Factors Influencing Technology Adoption in the Architecture Industry

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The architecture service industry has typically been slow in accepting new digital technologies widely due to many reasons, such as the industry’s complexity, the diverse sizes of companies, client types, and stakeholders’ technical skills. The combination of these business service factors with those that affect the intention of a user to use a technology offers a novel model for predicting the success of technology adoption in this business. This study aims to identify the factors in the architecture industry that influence the process of technology adoption. The process of qualitative data collection was conducted using semi-structured interviews with the participation of 30 architecture and design managers to explore the factors that they consider important when adopting digital technology in their organizations. This was conducted to compare these factors with those identified by users as influential in the adoption of digital technology. The analysis was conducted in three stages, namely transcribing, coding, and extracting major themes. This study starts by discussing demographic factors such as gender and their influence on the technology adoption process in the selected organizations. This study will further help in identifying whether managers viewed the factors identified in the quantitative study as significant in affecting their decisions to adopt the technology. The major findings of this study revealed that several factors influence the adoption of technology in the architecture industry at the managerial level. These factors include cost, brief preparation, service quality, result demonstrability, project time, environmental considerations, training considerations, and user-friendliness.

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“…For example, many smart cities, such as London and Dublin, have expressed the intention to put their citizens' needs first [27]. Yet, their citizens have no direct engagement with the development of these cities and instead remain passive beneficiaries [22,28]. Scholars have argued that smart cities are not about technology, but rather, that the term describes the extent to which a city facilitates, interacts, and collaborates with its citizens [29][30][31].…”

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The Impact of Stakeholders’ Management Measures on Citizens’ Participation Level in Implementing Smart Sustainable Cities

2022

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Smart sustainable cities (SSC) tend to utilise technology to promote themselves by involving their citizens in urban development. Several cities around the world have adopted the “smart city” label in recognition of these advantages. In fact, citizen engagement in public urban development and decision making has been acknowledged globally in many countries; yet, evaluations of the outcomes that allow the contribution of empowerment to be measured and compared with other influences are lacking. This study examines the correlation between stakeholder management measures (SMM) and citizen participation level (CPL) in the process of achieving an SSC. Four SMM factors were extracted from a literature review and sent out to be examined by experts in the field of built environments. Mean score (MS) ranking was used to confirm the importance of these variables in terms of predicting correlations with CPL. The results were generalised by multiple regression analysis techniques. This study shows a positive significant correlation between SMM and CPL in terms of Regulation, Collaboration, Legitimates, and Control. These four predictors make a significant contribution to escalating the levels of engagement and empowerment of citizen participation (CP). This paper contributes to knowledge in the field by identifying pillars that can increase CPL. Our findings could support the stakeholders of SSC projects to raise CPL, not only by hearing their voices but also by delegating power.

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Critical Review of Citizens’ Participation in Achieving Smart Sustainable Cities: The Case of Saudi Arabia

Cited by 4 publications

References 53 publications

The Impact of Citizens’ Participation Level on Smart Sustainable Cities Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

The Impact of Citizens’ Participation Level on Smart Sustainable Cities Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

A Qualitative Study on Factors Influencing Technology Adoption in the Architecture Industry

The Impact of Stakeholders’ Management Measures on Citizens’ Participation Level in Implementing Smart Sustainable Cities

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