Citizen empowerment and innovation in the data-rich city

• Other Authors: Certomà, Chiara (Editor), Dyer, Mark (Editor), Pocatilu, Lorena (Editor), Rizzi, Francesco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• Series: Springer tracts in civil engineering.
• Subjects: City planning.; City planning > Social aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319479040; 9783319479057; 9783319838533; 9783319479033
• ISSN: 2366-259X
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book analyzes the ongoing transformation in the "smart city" paradigm and explores the possibilities that technological innovations offer for the effective involvement of ordinary citizens in collective knowledge production and decision-making processes within the context of urban pla...

Table of Contents:

• Preface; Contents; Part I The Emergence of Collaborative Urbanism; 1 Manifesto for Collaborative Urbanism ; Abstract ; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Global Challenges; 1.3 The City Dimension; 1.4 The Neighbourhood; 1.5 Smart City; 1.6 City Futures; 1.7 The City Sounding Board; 1.8 Conclusions; References; 2 Framework for Collaborative Urbanism ; Abstract ; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Cities as Complex Systems; 2.3 Framework for Interrogative Infrastructures; 2.4 City Infrastructures; 2.5 Platforms for Collaborative Planning and Design; 2.6 Conclusions; References.
• 3 Using Big and Small Urban Data for Collaborative Urbanism Abstract ; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Types of Data; 3.3 Urban Form and Spatial Scales: Using Urban Infrastructures to Organise Data; 3.4 Data Collection and Mapping Methods; 3.5 Bridging Top-down and Bottom-up Planning; 3.6 Conclusion; References; Part II Concepts and Perspective on Citizen-Centric Urban Governance; 4 Crowdsourcing Processes for Citizen-Driven Governance ; Abstract ; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Critical Perspectives of the Smart City Paradigm; 4.2.1 Technology; 4.2.2 Governance and Participation; 4.2.3 Empowerment.
• 4.3 Crowdsourcing as a Web Based Innovative Model4.4 Citizen-Driven Crowdsourcing; 4.4.1 The Trade off Between Directionality and Lock-Ins in the Distant Search for Solutions; 4.4.2 Modularization Issues in Crowdsourcing the Definition of a Problem; 4.4.3 Setting the Distance Between Problem and Solvers; 4.4.4 Leveraging on Tacit Knowledge Through Citizen Empowerment; 4.4.5 Selection of Solutions; 4.5 Conclusions; References; 5 Integral Approach to Urban Design in a Data-Rich City Context ; Abstract ; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Urban Life Between Public Sphere and Public Space.
• 5.3 The Roots and Ideological Framework of Urban Design5.4 Urban Design Approach: Two-Way Direction of Socio-spatial Relation; 5.5 Informational Territory of Urban Space; 5.6 Integral Theory in Rethinking Urban Design: People-Centred Approach in a Digital World; References; 6 Collaborative Planning Through Visualization: Learning from Urban Living Labs ; Abstract ; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Context; 6.3 Visualization, Perception, Participation; 6.4 Recognition of Available Tools; 6.5 Tools-in-Use for Urban Living Labs; 6.6 Considerations for PPGIS; 6.7 Developing a Playable City Model.
• 6.8 ConclusionsReferences; 7 A Social Work Perspective on Socio-technological Innovations in Urban Planning and Development ; Abstract ; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Social Work in Urban Planning; 7.2.1 The Concept of Planning-Oriented Social Work in Urban Planning; 7.2.2 Social Sustainability in Urban Planning; 7.2.3 Socio-technological Innovations in Urban Planning; 7.3 The Demand for Translation in Sustainable Urban Planning; 7.4 Socio-spatial Analysis with ModularCity; 7.4.1 Subjective Analysis with an Online Survey in Langenthal; 7.5 Discussion; 7.5.1 Integration; 7.5.2 Visualisation.