Are Smart-City Projects Citizen-Centered

Bibliographic Data

ID5934682
AuthorsEva M Sánchez-Teba (0000-0002-2654-292X, Universidad de Málaga, corresponding author), Guillermo Bermúdez-González (0000-0002-2611-2583, Universidad de Málaga, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume8
Issue11
Pages309
Publication date2019-11-11
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci8110309
OpenAlexW2989138891
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited10

Smart cities have become a new urban model for thinking and designing cities in the connected society. It is time to ask ourselves what kind of city we want and need. There is still a long way to go in relation to the role of citizenship in the field of smart cities. This autoethnography reveals different contradictions found during the preparation of my doctoral thesis, which studied the citizens' perception of smart city policies in a city in southern Spain, in my double role as a doctoral student/researcher and public manager. Many of the statements and conclusions of different scientific research contrasted with the reality that I was experiencing in my daily work. My conclusions can help in the current debate on which cities we want to build at a time when the population is concentrated in cities and where it is necessary to respond to not only the economic, but also the social and environmental problems posed by sustainability

Autoethnography · Citizen science · Citizenship · Field (mathematics · Internet of Things · Perception · Political science · Population · Public relations · Relation (database · Smart city · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Work (physics · Engineering · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Psychology · Smart Cities and Technologies

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