From digital to sustainable: A scientometric review of smart city literature between 1990 and 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 120689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanjun Zheng ◽  
Jingfeng Yuan ◽  
Lei Zhu ◽  
Yajing Zhang ◽  
Qiuhu Shao
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2022 ◽  
pp. 967-987
Author(s):  
Ezgi Seçkiner Bingöl

Citizen participation and sustainability are two main concepts used in the definitions in the smart city literature. Citizen participation is often used within the context of improving good governance in smart cities. Its relationship with sustainability is seldomly discussed. This study analyses the relationship between the concepts of smart city, smart sustainable city, and citizen participation, and discusses how citizen participation is shaped in smart sustainable cities. In light of this analysis, seven types of citizen participation mechanisms are studied. The findings of the study reveal that sustainability in smart cities is only considered within the framework of environmental matters, while citizen participation is only considered as a mechanism aimed at supporting good governance. The study recommends using these participation mechanisms to highlight other aspects of sustainability such as securing comprehensiveness, alleviating poverty, promoting gender equality and to focus on other aspects of citizen participation such as real participation and democratic effectiveness.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
László Z. Karvalics

Az okos város (smart city) elképesztően expanzív fogalommá lett, a jelentések szigorú rendjére épülő tudománynak pedig határozott viszonyt kell kialakítani a saját módszertani fundamentumainak egy részét cseppfolyósítani kezdő közbeszédhez. Egy jól irányzott dekonstrukciós erőfeszítés megnyithatja az utat ahhoz, hogy újra egyesíteni lehessen a különböző fogalomhasználati regisztereket. Ehhez a tanulmány elsőként rendszerezi, milyen kritikai mozzanatokat azonosított eddig a szakirodalom. Jelesül: centralizáció-pártiság, technológiai determinizmus, univerzalizmus, nagyváros-központúság, üzlet-vezéreltség. Az okos várossal foglalkozó szakmai-tudományos háttérmunka egyoldalúsága, az okos város programok egyenlőtlenség-fokozó hatása, a polgárok ellenőrzésének magasabb szintje, a sebezhetőség növekedése, az automatikusan adaptált megoldások miatt csökkenő lakossági aktivitás. A hiperkonstrukció újrarendezi az okos város irodalomban használt tipikus attributumokat, ám ezeket a ’jó város’ elvárt jellegzetességeként (rekvizitumaként) normatívan kezeli, és rendezi tíz csoportba: Alkalmazkodó/öngyógyító/érző/válaszképes, Fenntartható/zöld/öko-/permakulturális, Egészséges, Biztonságos, Kreatív/innovatív, Együttműködő/részvételen alapuló, Inkluzív/egyenlő/igazságos, Nyílt/átlátható, Multikulturális/kevert, Összekötött/Hálózatba kapcsolt. --- Smart cities: from deconstruction to hyperconstruction The paper provides a systematic overview of the critical literature of the smart city, identifying ten aspects, which require conceptual deconstruction: centralization, technological determinism, universalism, big city focus, business-driven reflexes, bias of the scientific-professional background work, growing inequality, higher level of surveillance and vulnerability, and the danger of weakening citizen activity, thanks to the automatically adapted solutions. As a part of the other side, i.e. hyperconstruction, we rearrange the usual attributes of smart city literature normatively, into a new framework, as “ten requisites of a good city”. They are: Resilient/Adaptive/Responsive/Sentient (1) Green/Eco/Sustainable (2) Creative/Innovative (3) Cooperative/Participative (4) Inclusive/Equal/Fair (5), Open/Transparent (6), Multicultural/Mongrel (7), Healthy (8), Safe (9), Connected/Interoperative/Networked (10).


Author(s):  
Ezgi Seçkiner Bingöl

Citizen participation and sustainability are two main concepts used in the definitions in the smart city literature. Citizen participation is often used within the context of improving good governance in smart cities. Its relationship with sustainability is seldomly discussed. This study analyses the relationship between the concepts of smart city, smart sustainable city, and citizen participation, and discusses how citizen participation is shaped in smart sustainable cities. In light of this analysis, seven types of citizen participation mechanisms are studied. The findings of the study reveal that sustainability in smart cities is only considered within the framework of environmental matters, while citizen participation is only considered as a mechanism aimed at supporting good governance. The study recommends using these participation mechanisms to highlight other aspects of sustainability such as securing comprehensiveness, alleviating poverty, promoting gender equality and to focus on other aspects of citizen participation such as real participation and democratic effectiveness.


Author(s):  
Rosaria Battarra ◽  
Carmela Gargiulo ◽  
Rosa Anna la Rocca ◽  
Laura Russo
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2015 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 35-39
Author(s):  
Donatella De Rita
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Author(s):  
Jin-Woo Hyun ◽  
◽  
Kyung-Sun Yoo ◽  
Dong-Hoon Hyun ◽  
Chang-kyu Kim
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