Abstract
The Smart City is by now a model for the application of Future Internet services and infrastructure towards radical improvements of urban services in terms of efficiency and sustainability. In recent experiences in this area, however, a new vision is emerging that enriches the original concept with the human perspective, as gained through the application of citizen-centric and participatory approaches to the co-design and development of Smart City services. Indeed, it is becoming clear that “smartness” alone—sensors, metres, infrastructures—risks placing the citizen outside of the process, as a user who never takes the kind of ownership of the services that can only be ensured by engagement in their co-design from the very start. This paper explores the emergent model for Human Smart Cities, its methodological components, and the “softer” features of “smartness”—such as clarity of vision, citizen empowerment, participation, etc.—which can complement the technological drive of the underlying urban infrastructure. Conclusions are set out in terms of implications and potential for EU policy renewal in the context of Europe 2020.
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This paper has been developed in the context of the EU-funded project PERIPHÈRIA, belonging to the CIP (ICT-PSP) Smart Cities cluster. For more information: http://www.peripheria.eu. We also mention the Network of Social and Territorial Innovation (NeSTI) as well as the Budapest Manifesto, which two of the authors have developed in the context of the TC CEE project CENTRALAB: see http://www.centralivinglab.eu/NeSTI. However, none of the statements made here involve or commit any European institution.
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Concilio, G., Marsh, J., Molinari, F., Rizzo, F. (2016). Human Smart Cities: A New Vision for Redesigning Urban Community and Citizen’s Life. In: Skulimowski, A., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems: Recent Trends, Advances and Solutions. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 364. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19090-7_21
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