Print Email Facebook Twitter Ethics of smart cities Title Ethics of smart cities: Towards value-sensitive design and co-evolving city life Author Helbing, D. (ETH Zürich; Complexity Science Hub Vienna) Fanitabasi, F. (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Giannotti, Fosca (ISTI-CNR) Hänggli, Regula (University of Fribourg) Hausladen, Carina I. (ETH Zürich) van den Hoven, M.J. (TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology) Mahajan, Sachit (ETH Zürich) Pedreschi, Dino (University of Pisa) Pournaras, E.P. (University of Leeds) Date 2021 Abstract The digital revolution has brought about many societal changes such as the creation of “smart cities”. The smart city concept has changed the urban ecosystem by embedding digital technologies in the city fabric to enhance the quality of life of its inhabitants. However, it has also led to some pressing issues and challenges related to data, privacy, ethics inclusion, and fairness. While the initial concept of smart cities was largely technology-and data-driven, focused on the automation of traffic, logistics and processes, this concept is currently being replaced by technology-enabled, human-centred solutions. However, this is not the end of the development, as there is now a big trend towards “design for values”. In this paper, we point out how a value-sensitive design approach could promote a more sustainable pathway of cities that better serves people and nature. Such “valuesensitive design” will have to take ethics, law and culture on board. We discuss how organising the digital world in a participatory way, as well as leveraging the concepts of self-organisation, selfregulation, and self-control, would foster synergy effects and thereby help to leverage a sustainable technological revolution on a global scale. Furthermore, a “democracy by design” approach could also promote resilience. Subject Co-creationDigital democracyParticipationResilienceSmart citiesSustainability To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:49128a77-911e-405e-8b09-96746cdc6c19 DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/su132011162 ISSN 2071-1050 Source Sustainability, 13 (20) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2021 D. Helbing, F. Fanitabasi, Fosca Giannotti, Regula Hänggli, Carina I. Hausladen, M.J. van den Hoven, Sachit Mahajan, Dino Pedreschi, E.P. Pournaras Files PDF sustainability_13_11162_v2.pdf 1.99 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:49128a77-911e-405e-8b09-96746cdc6c19/datastream/OBJ/view