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| Title | Urban Stakeholders For Sustainable And Smart Cities: An Innovative Identification And Management Methodology |
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| ID_Doc | 60197 |
| Authors | Esteban-Narro R.; Lo-Iacono-Ferreira V.G.; Torregrosa-López J.I. |
| Year | 2025 |
| Published | Smart Cities, 8, 2 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/smartcities8020041 |
| Abstract | Highlights What are the main findings? A new methodology for developing and monitoring stakeholder identification processes under the sustainable and smart cities model, including an index that reflects the degree of coverage and homogeneity of the process. The methodology considers the holistic nature of the smart city, taking into account the linkages between the different urban stakeholders and city dimensions in order to define the involvement of the groups identified and apply multi-criteria analysis for management aspects. What is the implication of the main finding? The significance of urban stakeholder participation and engagement in smart city projects is emphasized in leading research. The methodology proposed in this paper addresses the existing gap by providing practical and concrete guidelines to ensure effective participation. The proposed methodology offers a new framework for the development of urban stakeholder identification processes in their early stages or the monitoring and evaluation of ongoing or completed processes as a tool for urban planners and smart city policymakers.Highlights What are the main findings? A new methodology for developing and monitoring stakeholder identification processes under the sustainable and smart cities model, including an index that reflects the degree of coverage and homogeneity of the process. The methodology considers the holistic nature of the smart city, taking into account the linkages between the different urban stakeholders and city dimensions in order to define the involvement of the groups identified and apply multi-criteria analysis for management aspects. What is the implication of the main finding? The significance of urban stakeholder participation and engagement in smart city projects is emphasized in leading research. The methodology proposed in this paper addresses the existing gap by providing practical and concrete guidelines to ensure effective participation. The proposed methodology offers a new framework for the development of urban stakeholder identification processes in their early stages or the monitoring and evaluation of ongoing or completed processes as a tool for urban planners and smart city policymakers.Abstract The global challenges that cities must face regarding sustainability, efficiency, integration, and resilience have found in the smart city concept a guideline of action as a model for urban development and transformation. The multidimensional nature of the smart city, along with the importance of identifying key urban stakeholders and ensuring their engagement, are two widely recognized characteristics within the scientific community. However, proposals for the identification, classification, and management of urban stakeholders are very scarce and almost non-existent when considered in conjunction with the holistic nature of smart cities. Thus, the significant importance attributed to stakeholder engagement contrasts with the lack of clear guidelines to develop it properly. Based on an iterative analysis of the scientific literature combined with the cross-referencing of smart city dimensions, statistical analysis tools, and multi-criteria analysis methods, this paper proposes a new methodology for the identification and management of urban stakeholders. The proposal includes a comprehensive classification and a new framework for developing urban stakeholder identification processes at their early stages or the monitoring and assessment of ongoing or completed processes, including tools for analyzing the extent and homogeneity achieved. The practical application of the methodology to a specific case study is also discussed. |
| Author Keywords | assessment models; smart cities; sustainable cities; urban stakeholders |
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