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Full Title
TERRITORIO
Publisher
FrancoAngeli
ISSN
1825-8689 (Printed Journal)
2239-6330 (Online Journal)
Journal Issue Number
83
Journal Issue Designation
83
Journal Issue Date (YYYY/MM)
2018/03
Full Title
Problematizing and Politicizing Smart City-Regions: Is Devolution Smart?
By (author)
First Page
37
Last Page
47
Language of text
English
Publication Date
2018/03
Copyright
2017 FrancoAngeli srl
Introduction or preface
This paper problematizes the meanings, governance implications, and techno-political shortcomings of ‘smart cities' through pervasive transitions taking place in Europe by presenting a conceptual framework to politicize ‘smart city-regions' as complex, transcalar, datadriven, multi-stakeholder-focused, experimental, and, supposedly, democratic techno-territorial assemblages. The momentum is particularly relevant given an increasing number of ongoing reforms of administrative borders and competences of local governments fuelled by devolution, as the four cases of Bristol and Glasgow (uk), and Barcelona and Bilbao (Spain), demonstrate. Hence, by blending governance with technological and territorial issues, this paper elucidates that devolution should be addressed in the implementation of smart strategies stemming from (i) transcalar overlaps and contradictions; (ii) data literacy, ownership, and management; (iii) multi-stakeholder complex urbanity; and (iv) democratic and digital citizenship
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