Crowdsourcing technology offers exciting possibilities for local governments. Specifically,
citizens are increasingly taking part in reporting and discussing issues related to their …

A platform that connects citizens effectively to local government, letting them contribute to
their community's general well-being, would be an elegant way to make cities smarter …

This paper examines the impact of crowdsourcing on a policymaking process by using a
novel data analytics tool called Civic CrowdAnalytics, applying Natural Language …

Ubiquity of internet-connected media-and sensor-equipped portable devices has emerged a
range of opportunities for direct involvement of citizens into public decision making, leading …

Crowdsourcing implies user collaboration and engagement, which fosters a renewal of city
governance processes. In this article, we address a subset of crowdsourcing, named citizen …

Crowdsourcing in smart cities has rapidly grown with the buildup of the internet of things
which has enabled citizens who are similarity thinking in the society to become increasingly …

In recent years crowdsourcing systems have shown to provide important benefits to
Smartcities, where ubiquitous citizens, acting as mobile human sensors, assist in …

Active citizenry, whereby citizens actively participate in reporting and addressing challenges
in urban service delivery is a strategic goal of smart cities such as Singapore. In spite of the …

With the rise of social media platforms, crowdsourcing became a powerful tool for mobilizing
the public. Events such as the earthquake in Haiti or the downfall of governments in Libya …

ICT technological revolution has inadvertently changed the way people share and
disseminate information. Today, information sharing has been made possible globally; …