Self-sustainable smart cities: Socio-spatial society using participative bottom-up and cognitive top-down approach

Goel, Raj Kumar; Yadav, Chandra Shekhar; Vishnoi, Shweta

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2021.103370

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“…The second general trend in SDG-11 literature that does include environmental impacts of ICT is a lack of consideration of the related globalized social justice impacts of ICT (Couldry and Mejias, 2019 ). There are some notable exceptions: Goel et al ( 2021 ) highlight the bottom-up participatory nature of Smart Cities that utilize resources in a more circular economy, making an explicit connection between social justice and achieving environmental goals. Kaika ( 2017 ) provides a strongly critical social justice oriented view of smart cities in the context of the “new urban agenda” connected to SDG-11.…”

Section: Discourse On Sdg-11 Smart Cities and Ictmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kunkel and Matthess ( 2020 ) describes the issues of resource usage, including rare earth minerals and energy, as well as the issue of e-waste. Goel et al ( 2021 ) raise the concerns of both energy use and resource use for sustainable Smart Cities, and point to the growing level of e-waste, recommending a circular economy approach to reducing e-waste and resource usage. The majority of authors focus on a single issue such as increasing energy usage through increasing use of ICT (Wang et al, 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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SDG-11 and smart cities: Contradictions and overlaps between social and environmental justice research agendas

Sengupta

2022

Front. Sociol.

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There is an increased role Information and Communications Technology (ICT) plays in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper focuses specifically on SDG-11 “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” and how cities are increasingly incorporating ICT toward this goal. The public discourse on Smart Cities suggests economic, social and environmental benefits are possible through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). However, the increased deployment and use of digital infrastructure and processes in the name of sustainability and optimization itself is the focus of a growing body of critical literature on Smart Cities. This mini-review collates critical literature on digital infrastructures and processes related to SDG-11 and Smart Cities to identify areas of significance for further research. Although many Smart City projects discuss sustainability benefits, the distribution of benefits and risks across different communities is rarely examined. An increased use of ICT in Smart City projects can provide environmental benefits to some communities, while shifting the burden of risks to other communities. An increased use of ICT has its own energy and resource impacts that has implications for sustainability beyond the geography of individual cities to global impacts. The lifecycle and supply chain impacts of advanced ICT projects are being identified and documented. The end user of the Smart City projects may benefit significantly from the increased use of ICTs, while the environmental costs are often borne by disparate communities. In some cases, within the same city where a Smart City project is deployed, the inequities in distribution of environmental resources and services are exacerbated by layering new ICT implementations on top of existing socio-economic inequities. Therefore, this paper combines a broad view of Smart City environmental impacts, as well as a deep examination of the intersection of social justice and environmental justice issues to create more wholistic approaches for analysis of governance of Smart City projects. A more wholistic approach for governance of Smart City projects is required that includes combined social justice and environmental justice frameworks, toward achievement of SDG-11 goals.

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Section: Discourse On Sdg-11 Smart Cities and Ictmentioning

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SDG-11 and smart cities: Contradictions and overlaps between social and environmental justice research agendas

Sengupta

2022

Front. Sociol.

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“…Sustainability is one of the three key elements—together with safety and intelligence—of a modern mobility system [ 12 ], meaning that sustainable mobility is linked to different SDGs (see Table 1 ). This is clearly reflected in SDG11, which aims to achieve the development of sustainable, inclusive, safe and resilient smart cities, ensuring socio-economic growth and high living standards, and paying attention to the benefits generated for society, the environment and mobility [ 17 , 18 ].…”

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The Transition of Cities towards Innovations in Mobility: Searching for a Global Perspective

Molina

Rey-Tienda

Suárez-Redondo

2022

IJERPH

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The growing concentration of the population in urban areas presents great challenges for sustainability. Within this process, mobility emerges as one of the main generators of externalities that hinder the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The transition of cities towards innovations in sustainable mobility requires progress in different dimensions, whose interaction requires research. Likewise, it is necessary to establish whether the experiences developed between cities with different contexts can be extrapolated. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify how the conditions that determine a city’s readiness to implement urban mobility innovations could be combined. For this, qualitative comparative analysis was applied to a model developed using the multi-level perspective, analyzing 60 cities from different geographical areas and with a different gross domestic product per capita. The R package Set Methods was used. The explanation of the readiness of cities to implement mobility innovations is different to the explanation of the readiness negation. While readiness is explained by two solutions, in which only regime elements appear, the negation of readiness is explained by five possible solutions, showing the interaction between the landscape and regimen elements and enacting the negation of innovations as a necessary condition. The cluster analysis shows us that the results can be extrapolated between cities with different contexts.

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“…In support of this overarching objective, emphasis is placed on the importance of community familiarity, cultivated through surveys, in-depth stakeholder interviews, and passive observation techniques in guiding the planning and design work, particularly with respect to the themes of green space/public space, water sensitive urban design (WSUD), and transit-oriented development (TOD). In essence, this community familiarity idea forms the "bottom-up" component of the "top down/bottom-up" approach to Smart City planning and design [16].…”

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Smart City Thailand: Visioning and Design to Enhance Sustainability, Resiliency, and Community Wellbeing

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A “Smart City” framework was used to investigate and develop visions of alternative futures for a peri-urban superblock north of Bangkok, Thailand. The Smart City framework considers seven smart pillars: environment, economy, energy, mobility, people, living, and governance, with a focus on community wellbeing that is supported by information and communication technology (ICT). A mixed-method approach that included: community and industry surveys, both online and face-to-face (total n = 770); in depth, semi-structured, stakeholder interviews; passive participant observation; and photo-documentation was used to inform and organize the project visions and designs. Several themes emerged from the community surveys and key stakeholder interviews: (i) connected green space is highly valued and effectively links multiple smart pillars, enhancing community wellbeing and resiliency to flooding; (ii) superblock mobility, connectivity, and sustainable development could be achieved through a seamless, integrated public-transit system following the principles of transit-oriented development (TOD); (iii) the superblock should prepare for the implementation of Thailand 4.0 through the improved programmatic and physical integration of local industry, community, and universities, including plans for a Digital Village and co-work space. Example designs that address these considerations and vision alternative futures for the superblock are presented in this Smart City case study.

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Self-sustainable smart cities: Socio-spatial society using participative bottom-up and cognitive top-down approach

Cited by 23 publications

References 14 publications

SDG-11 and smart cities: Contradictions and overlaps between social and environmental justice research agendas

SDG-11 and smart cities: Contradictions and overlaps between social and environmental justice research agendas

The Transition of Cities towards Innovations in Mobility: Searching for a Global Perspective

Smart City Thailand: Visioning and Design to Enhance Sustainability, Resiliency, and Community Wellbeing

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