ABSTRACT

This article focuses on understanding the dynamics of citizen participation in smart city initiatives. The literature identifies citizens as key actors, however, our understanding of their roles and influence is underdeveloped. Using modes of urban governance to provide contextual depth, alongside the literature on citizen participation in smart cities, this article conducts an in-depth examination of the roles of citizens. The results of an empirical study of citizen engagement in smart city governance in Brazil, the UK and the Netherlands demonstrate that the roles and functions undertaken by citizens are not static, they participate in a dynamic mode that evolves and changes over time. Also, identifies three emerging patterns of contextually specific citizen interaction: contestation, acceptance and collaboration. This highlights how smart city initiatives have differentiated outcomes and how the mode of governance in a societal and institutional context plays an important role in shaping patterns of citizen participation.

摘要

本文的重点是了解公民参与智慧城市计划的动态。文献将公民视为关键行为者，然而，我们对其角色和影响的理解尚不成熟。本文利用城市治理模式提供语境深度，并结合有关公民参与智慧城市的文献，对公民的角色进行了深入研究。巴西、英国和荷兰对公民参与智慧城市治理的实证研究结果表明，公民所承担的角色和职能不是静态的，他们参与一种随时间演变和变化的动态模式。此外，确定了三种新出现的特定情境下的公民互动模式：竞争、接受和合作。