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作者

Hadi Alizadeh;Ayyoob Sharifi

来源

CITIES,Vol.135,Issue1,Article 104207

语言

英文

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作者单位

The IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan;Faculty of humanities, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran;The IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan;Faculty of humanities, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran;Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DAER), Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa, 34, 20156 Milan, Italy;Leonardo Helicopters Division, Via Giovanni Agusta, 520, 21017 Samarate, VA, Italy;P.G. Department of Geology, Government Institute of Science, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India;University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Geography and Planning, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;University of Waterloo, Faculty of Environment, School of Planning, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;Carnegie Mellon University Africa, College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kigali, Rwanda;University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Social Science, Department of Geography and Environment, London, Ontario, Canada;College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;Department of Geography, Lab for Landscape Ecology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany;Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany;St. Peter's College, University of Oxford, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford OX1 2DL, United Kingdom;Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, OX1 2JA, Oxford, United Kingdom;Inter-university Department of Regional & Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino and Università di Torino, Italy

摘要

Smart cities are expected to address global challenges and increase the quality of life. However, due to the overemphasis on physical and technological aspects, social rights and democratic values have often been neglected in smart city projects. In this paper, we introduce the concept of ‘societal smart city’ and discuss how and why it should be prioritized in the post-pandemic era. We argue that a societal smart city is a city that integrates social rights and democratic values with technological innovations. Six major dimensions of a societal smart city are: social sustainability, citizen-centeredness, e-democracy, social justice, participatory governance, and cultural resilience. We encourage urban planners and policymakers to pay attention to these dimensions and caution against physical and technological determinism.