Smart cities refer to place-specific collaborative systems where multiple actors collaborate to
collectively address public problems. However, smart city initiatives regularly frame citizens …

This chapter develops a socio-technical perspective that seeks to understand the smart city
not as a fixed narrative or static artefact that simply diffuses throughout global cities, but as …

Our purpose is to identify the relevance of participative governance in urban areas
characterized by smart cities projects, especially those implementing Living Labs initiatives …

Living Labs are places for real-life test and experimentation where users and experts co-
create innovative products and services through an ICT-based collaboration. Founded in the …

In a rapidly changing socio-technical environment cities are increasingly seen as main
drivers for change. Against this backdrop, this paper studies the emerging Urban Living Lab …

Abstract We position Living Labs as a research and development methodology that allows
the creation of products and services at the overlap between top-down and bottom-up Smart …

This chapter discusses attempts to involve stakeholders in the co-production of Future
Internet (FI) services in a smart city living lab. We outline the experience of five European …

The smart city concept brings together technology, government and different layers of
society, utilizing technological enablers, such as the internet of things (IoT) and artificial …

Purpose To address the growing pressure to foster effectiveness, sustainability and quality
of life, local governments have focused on developing policies and initiatives designed to …

This paper contributes to the literature on social sustainability in urban governance, with a
focus on how this concept may be integrated into a Smart City strategy, so that excessive …