Smart city approaches in city planning have gained significant momentum in the recent past.
While proponents argue that smart cities will bring positive social change by the adoption of …

This article investigates the use of participatory technologies for augmenting urban
governance by giving citizens and local communities a voice in the city making process. We …

Smart city-policy makers and technology vendors are increasingly stating they want to bring
about citizen-centered smart cities. Yet, it often remains unclear what exactly that means …

Large corporations in the digital economy such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Amazon
have deployed sophisticated filters and recommendation systems designed to help us …

The work we will be discussing here explores how government, industry, the university, and
the citizens of a city can arrive through a participatory design approach at an increased and …

This paper builds upon an earlier conference publication by the authors, offering
contributions based on a systematic literature review and qualitative study. The paper …

The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities explores the question of what it means for a city
to be 'smart', raises some of the tensions emerging in smart city developments and considers …

Applying the concept of perpetual beta to cities proposes a continual and never complete
process of city-making. Building on this notion, this chapter employs a conceptual framework …

Continued technological advancements in Big-Data-Driven Communication, Virtual Reality
(VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Social Media, and accelerated organizations' needs for …

Public spaces are considered a vital ingredient of prosperous cities as they support their
sense of community, identity and culture. Understanding their relevance, the Mexican …