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The activities of the knowledge society differ fundamentally from those of the industrial period. Regional economies are increasingly heterogeneous as are local capacities to deal with these new circumstances. On the macro-level, that capacity can be developed through a collective process in which people and organisations cooperate in order to deliver better public services. On the micro-level, the knowledge society understandably perhaps requires that an unhindered flow of information and knowledge occurs. This refers to the social capital knowledge and information-sharing in the innumerable processes of everyday life. This chapter explores how the ‘smartness’ of a city lies not only in its infrastructures, but also in the social capital that a region is able to generate to promote social innovation and regional development. Empowering residents means that they not only have a voice, but that they are regarded as key stakeholders helping to shape the Smart City as a Knowledge-based Community.
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Stenvall, J., Laitinen, I., Yeoman, R., Thompson, M., Mueller Santos, M. (2022). The Smart City as a Knowledge-Based Community. In: Public Values for Cities and City Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80799-3_7
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