The Socio-Technical Governance of Smart City to Scaffold City Energy Transition Policy

Abstract

The vague concepts of the Smart city have left a significant gap for researchers to amplify the knowledge cavity. This work delved into the implementation of Smart city in The Metropolis of Lyon, France, which strongly involved public and private governance. A project named Smart Electric Lyon (SEL), organized by the Group Electricté de France (EDF), reflects Lyon's urban ecosystem as a test-bed platform to demonstrate Smart meter technology. In return, The Metropolis of Lyon seized the opportunity to promote SEL as a new reference for the local Energy Transition initiatives. This work underlined the governance model of SEL as a Smart city that encompassed a plethora of interests in both public and private. Here, the governance is comprehended in two ways, the first was the role of SEL as a technical setting to satisfy the EDF Smart meter experiments and the second was the Janus of the socio-technical and politics of SEL that compel with the local agenda. This work employed a qualitative method, deploying in-depth semi-structured interviews with dozens of key actors and intense field observations. The findings showcase SEL Smart city project as a co-production of the public and private interests rather than a merely digital innovation process. The approach through the territorial standpoint has allowed depicting a multilevel interest from different stakeholders culminated under the form of a Smart city on the city stage.

A Quantitative Model of Innovation Readiness in Urban Mobility: A Comparative Study of Smart Cities in the EU, Eastern Asia, and USA Regions

“…Stakeholder engagement ensures that a diverse range of perspectives is considered in the innovation process, promoting inclusive and well-integrated mobility solutions [34]. By including indicators 1-8 in our assessment, we ensure a holistic evaluation of the city's readiness for innovation, taking into account not only the mobility-related aspects but also the broader innovation ecosystem [35]. This comprehensive approach enables us to provide actionable information and guidance to cities, enhancing their readiness for innovative mobility solutions [36].…”

Instrumenting GIS as Smart City Tools to Identify the Impact of Tidal Flood Threat in the Coastal Zone of Pekalongan City

“…Thus, the city system needed to be rewired with a higher connectivity system as the fourth infrastructure [18]. Lately, our previous research argued as a Smart city becomes more and more a new urban vision, many attempts through the academic realm and city activists have put Smart cities into the traditional discourses of city development and management [19], [20]. Smart city has become an inseparable component of the urban planning paradigm in the digital era and has become increasingly entrenched among urban planning institutions.…”

Utilizing Smart Systems to Enhance the Sustainability of Egyptian Administrative Buildings

“…In contrast, smart buildings and their systems in developing countries are limited to entertainment. Some believe that the initial cost of these systems may not be commensurate with low-income countries [28]. The primary goals of sustainable buildings and smart buildings are to conserve energy in the first stage; some statistics indicate that the architecture sector is the second largest consumer of energy after agriculture, as it produces about 37% of carbon dioxide, putting architectural practices at the top of the list of pollution causes [29,30].…”