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Title	Examining The Smart City Generational Model: Conceptualizations, Implementations, And Infrastructure Canada'S Smart City Challenge
ID_Doc	25125
Authors	Zwick A.; Spicer Z.
Year	2024
Published	Urban Affairs Review, 60, 4
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10780874231222243
Abstract	Cohen's Smart City Generational model has been the basis of understanding for the evolution of the Smart Cities movement. However, how does this model align with practitioners' conceptualization of the term? Our research focuses on Infrastructure Canada's Smart City Challenge (SCC). Through 14 primary interviews and 20 finalist applications, this research reveals that practitioners overwhelmingly understand Smart City building as a government-driven, data-centric endeavor (Smart City 2.0), as opposed to being about vendor transactions (Smart City 1.0), resident engagement (Smart City 3.0), or community co-creation (Smart City 4.0), where the specific technology is of secondary importance to project objectives. We conclude that, rather than moving through distinct generations, the smart cities movement should be understood as a gradual process of municipal public administration modernization as local governments are becoming increasingly savvy and experienced about contracting with technology firms to address urban problems.
Author Keywords	engagement; generational model; municipal government; smart cities; urban technology

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