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Title Citizen Participation In Smart Sustainable Cities
ID_Doc 14055
Authors Bingöl E.S.
Year 2020
Published Handbook of Research on Global Challenges for Improving Public Services and Government Operations
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4978-0.ch023
Abstract Citizen participation and sustainability are two main concepts used in the definitions in the smart city literature. Citizen participation is often used within the context of improving good governance in smart cities. Its relationship with sustainability is seldomly discussed. This study analyses the relationship between the concepts of smart city, smart sustainable city, and citizen participation, and discusses how citizen participation is shaped in smart sustainable cities. In light of this analysis, seven types of citizen participation mechanisms are studied. The findings of the study reveal that sustainability in smart cities is only considered within the framework of environmental matters, while citizen participation is only considered as a mechanism aimed at supporting good governance. The study recommends using these participation mechanisms to highlight other aspects of sustainability such as securing comprehensiveness, alleviating poverty, promoting gender equality and to focus on other aspects of citizen participation such as real participation and democratic effectiveness. © 2021, IGI Global.
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