Reimagining the role of citizens in smart city projects

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Reimagining the role of citizens in smart city projects

Conference Paper (2015)

Author(s)

Daniel Gooch (Open University)

Annika Wolff (Open University)

Gerd Kortuem (Open University)

Rebecca Brown (Community Action: MK)

Citizen innovation Smart cities Public engagement

DOI related publication

https://doi.org/10.1145/2800835.2801622 Final published version

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Publication Year

2015

Language

English

Pages (from-to)

1587-1594

ISBN (electronic)

9781450335751

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140

Abstract

The technological focus of many Smart City projects relies on top-down innovations, ignoring the role that citizens can play in improving their local communities. In this paper we outline our approach to supporting citizens in playing an active role in urban innovation, from the crowdsourcing of initial ideas through to facilitating citizen involvement in the realization of community projects. This extends previous work in the field by exploring how to go beyond identifying issues and ideas to securing a commitment from citizens to assisting a project intended to address an identified issue.