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Title	How To Improve Social Participation Of Senior Citizens Thorough Icts: A Techno-Demographic Challenge For An Effective Smart City
ID_Doc	29491
Authors	Poli S.; Palumbo M.; Operto S.
Year	2022
Published	Managing Smart Cities: Sustainability and Resilience Through Effective Management
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93585-6_11
Abstract	Contemporary cities, particularly those in Western societies, are interested in a diffused demographic ageing, and a growing share of older residents is facing the challenges of rapid social, cultural, and technological development. Such processes have a double-sided effect; on the one hand, it represents a potential widening of the digital and cultural gap, utterly reproducing marginalisation and social exclusion for older generations, especially the frailest and secluded elderly profiles, but on the other hand, it provides an opportunity for the new generation of older adults, which is characterised by a higher demand of social participation and self-expression. In this sense, applying technology to the lives of older people becomes an issue for contemporary smart cities that must find and provide potential solutions for assistive technology (e.g., through robotics and telecare services in the area of risk management and assessment), while also recognising the new needs regarding social inclusion and participation of the arising smarter and resourceful baby boomer generation who are more demanding in terms of expression of personal identities and interested in new opportunities for active citizenship and social participation, all of which can be supported by new technologies. From such a perspective, the chapter aims to describe the main issues of how contemporary urban contexts, which are often characterised by difficulties of the ageing in place, can employ new technologies to improve the social participation and inclusion of older residents. It also proposes possible recommendations for how to apply new technological solutions among older users. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
Author Keywords	Ageing; Inequalities; Participation; Smart cities; Social inclusion; Technology

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