Enhancing the diffusion of e-participation tools in smart cities

Kopáčková, Hana; Komárková, Jitka; Horák, Oldřich

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2022.103640

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“…Apesar da importância deste sistema para dar publicidade ao processo, é necessário também pensar sobre o alcance das ferramentais digitais e da própria internet. Embora os benefícios da eparticipação sejam extensos, eles não estão disponíveis para todos os cidadãos (Kopackova et al, 2022). E isso ficou mais proeminente durante as restrições relacionadas ao COVID-19, onde as deficiências das práticas de participação pública na tomada de decisões ambientais limitaram as interações entre as autoridades e o público e outras partes interessadas (Miller-Rushing et al, 2021).…”

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Participação na Avaliação de Impactos Ambientais no estado de Minas Gerais: um levantamento sobre as audiências públicas

Santos

Almeida

Veronez

2022

Rev. Bras. Geog. Fis.

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A principal forma de participação na Avaliação de Impacto Ambiental brasileira é a audiência pública, que ocorre no Licenciamento de atividades com potencial de causar significativa degradação ambiental. A participação é essencial para permitir que os impactados por um projeto possam entender e opinar sobre ele. Este trabalho objetivou analisar a participação pública em Minas Gerais por meio da ocorrência das audiências públicas. Foi feito um levantamento e análise documental e de conteúdo das informações disponibilizadas no site do órgão ambiental que, desde julho/2018, possui um sistema que lista processos de Licenciamento e possibilita a solicitação de audiência. Foram coletadas todas as informações e atas de audiências realizadas no período de julho/2018 a julho/2020. Os resultados indicam que em apenas 8% dos processos de Licenciamento apoiados em Estudo de Impacto Ambiental houve algum tipo de notificação de audiência (agendada, realizada ou solicitada), representando 16 dos 200 processos. Dentre as notificações, tem-se que somente 7 audiências já foram realizadas. A maior presença de audiências esteve relacionada a empreendimentos classe 6, à Superintendência de Projetos Prioritários e às atividades de mineração e infraestrutura. A análise das atas permitiu identificar problemas como: indisponibilidade de informações e pouca orientação ambiental dos envolvidos, falta de foco na audiência e também indícios de decisões já tomadas, sendo apenas justificadas à população. Desse modo, pode-se concluir que a participação pública por meio de audiência em Minas Gerais no período analisado, quando ocorre, não cumpre sua função, mantendo apenas o papel de informar sobre os impactos dos empreendimentos.Palavras-chave: Licenciamento Ambiental, Participação Pública, Minas Gerais, Audiência pública. Environmental Impact Assessment participation in Minas Gerais State, Brazil: a survey on public hearings A B S T R A C TThe main type of participation in the Brazilian Environmental Impact Assessment is public hearing, which takes place in Licensing of activities with potential to cause significant environmental degradation. The participation is essential and helps stakeholders to share their ideas and opinion. This paper objective was to analyze the public participation in Minas Gerais state by means of public hearings. It was made a survey, documentary and content analysis of information collected in environmental agency’s website. This website has made available since July/2018 and lists licensing processes and makes possible to request a public hearing. From July/2018 to July/2020, all information and hearings minutes were collected. The results indicate that, during the period, only 8% of the licensing processes with Environmental Impact Statement occurred with some type of hearing notification (scheduled, performed and requested), which represents 16 of 200 processes. Among the notifications, only 7 hearings have already taken place. Most of the hearings were related to class 6 projects, Priority Projects Superintendence and mining and infrastructure activities. The minutes’ analysis made it possible to identify problems such as: unavailability of information and low interest in environmental of those involved, lack of focus on the hearings and also evidence of decisions already taken, being only justified to the population. Thereby, it can be concluded that public participation that takes place through a public hearing in Minas Gerais in the analyzed period, when it occurs, ends up not fulfilling its function, maintaining only the role of informing the population about projects impacts.Key-words: Environmental Licensing, Public Participation, Minas Gerais State, Public Hearing.

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Participação na Avaliação de Impactos Ambientais no estado de Minas Gerais: um levantamento sobre as audiências públicas

Santos

Almeida

Veronez

2022

Rev. Bras. Geog. Fis.

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“…More recently, the topic has attracted the interest of managerial and social scientists intrigued by its potential usability as a path for promoting e-public government and citizens participation in policy makers decisions and plans ( [34]). With reference to the point, [26] -focusing the attention on the 'smartness' -explain that "Integration is a key dimension characterizing smartness in government.…”

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Citizens’ engagement in smart cities for promoting circular economy. A Knowledge based framework

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Smart Cities can be considered as one of the most challenging topics within the last decades. Overcoming the well analysed debate about the digital devices and infrastructures needed for supporting the emergence and viability of Smart Cities, the paper aims at investigating how citizens’ engagement in Smart Cities can be used for promoting positive attitudes and behaviours towards Cities Circular Economy (CCE). Building upon a managerial perspective the paper aims at depicting preliminary conceptual reflections about antecedents and conditions able to influence citizens’ engagement in Smart Cities functioning. The paper proposes a Knowledge Management based framework for supporting both policy makers and managers in better understanding on which levels to act for ensuring a participative approach to the definition of a Circular Economy Logic in Smart Cities ecosystems.

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“…The government needs tools to support this aspect. E-participation is part of the transition towards smart governance (Kopackova, Komarkova, & Horak, 2022;Alizadeh, Sarkar, & Burgoyne, 2019). Fifth, the electronic tax payment system.…”

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Smart City Development in the New Capital City: Indonesian Government Plans

Rifaid

Abdurrahman

Baharuddin

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The idea of a smart city and a new capital city in Indonesia is complex, so planning and the government's role are crucial. The purpose of this research is based on two big questions about the government's plan for preparing for development and the potential for smart city development in the new capital city. This study was done based on the results of a direct examination of official government documents using a thematic analysis approach and an analytical tool called Nvivo 12 Plus. This research was able to show what the Indonesian government's plans are and what they could do to build smart cities in the new capital city (IKN/Nusantara). The findings of this study map out six smart city support systems, which are the government's priority plans, including urban systems, safety and security, livability and urban life, government services, the environment and sustainability, and access and mobility. They all focus on technology adaptation, digitization, renewable energy, and sustainability. Despite these priority plans, there are still significant challenges to rethinking the prospects and potential for developing smart cities in the new capital city, especially the issues of human resources, budget capacity, infrastructure, and government bureaucratic adaptation patterns. This study proposes to set up a smart governance system to adapt to the new system, primarily to accommodate those problems and challenges. It can contribute to unravelling smart cities' complexities, challenges, and future development potential.

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Enhancing the diffusion of e-participation tools in smart cities

Cited by 31 publications

References 100 publications

Participação na Avaliação de Impactos Ambientais no estado de Minas Gerais: um levantamento sobre as audiências públicas

Participação na Avaliação de Impactos Ambientais no estado de Minas Gerais: um levantamento sobre as audiências públicas

Citizens’ engagement in smart cities for promoting circular economy. A Knowledge based framework

Smart City Development in the New Capital City: Indonesian Government Plans

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