Charting the design and implementation of the smart city
The case of citizen-centric bikeshare in Hamilton, Ontario
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11669297 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Bradshaw (0000-0002-8025-8663, Department of Geography, Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, National University of Ireland Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland, corresponding author), Rob Kitchin (0000-0003-4458-7299, Department of Geography, Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, National University of Ireland Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 567-588 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02723638.2021.1878439 |
| OpenAlex | W3122484891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 41 |
Previous scholarship on the smart city has expressed concern at the top-down, technocratic nature of smart technologies and the lack of meaningful citizen participation in their development. In this paper, we utilize instrumentalization theory to trace the initiation, design and deployment of a specific smart city initiative: bikeshare in Hamilton, Ontario. Smart bikeshare is increasingly seen as complicit in processes of social stratification, serving a predominately white, middle-class demographic and particular locales. Our case study reveals the potential of reflexive design praxes to reconfigure bikeshare as a platform for both instrumental and social value. In particular, we highlight how collaborative, open and inclusive forms of urban governance can enroll a broad range of civic actors to create a scheme that embodies diverse but complimentary goals and ideologies. We conclude that instrumentalization theory provides a conceptual means to open up the “black box” of urban design to critical interrogation, and to identify how to enact participatory design and citizen-centric smart urbanism
Citizen journalism · Citizen science · Computer security · Geography · Ideology · Internet of Things · Political science · Politics · Reflexivity · Scholarship · Smart city · Social science · Sociology · Software deployment · Technocracy · Urbanism · Computer Science · Engineering · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Law · Public Administration · Smart Cities and Technologies · Architecture
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| Citations per year | 1.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |