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| Title | Participatory Energy: Research, Imaginaries And Practices On People' Contribute To Energy Systems In The Smart City |
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| ID_Doc | 41364 |
| Authors | Corsini, F; Certomà, C; Dyer, M; Frey, M |
| Year | 2019 |
| Published | TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE, 142 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.028 |
| Abstract | Scholarly research on smart cities already signalled that citizens' engagement is a fundamental requisite for the achievement of a sustainable and inclusive urban development. Accordingly, transition towards a fossil fuel free future is not to be understood as a matter of techno-economic innovation but as a process in which the 'social' and the 'technical' are inextricably intertwined, and technologies co-evolve with programmes of governing. Research findings from a recent bibliometric study reveal a very different picture where city dwellers are rarely the subject of research into future energy plans for transition towards a fossil future free future. Instead the research publications tend to concentrate on technological innovation for energy production and consumption. The findings are a concern given that the transition towards a fossil fuel free future will have a greater likelihood of success with public engagement and public acceptance. The paper explores the current transformation of sociotechnical imaginaries towards a more participatory idea of smart cities that emerge from real-world practices; and the resistances and resiliencies to this transformation in research domain. We discuss the evidences emerging from the research on communities energy against the literature on smart energy system. |
| Author Keywords | Socio-technical imaginaries; Smart City; Citizen participation; Sustainable energy; Community energy |
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