Rethinking the Role of Technology for Citizens’ Engagement and Sustainable Development in Smart Cities

Caputo, Francesco; Magliocca, Pierpaolo; Canestrino, Rossella; Rescigno, Erika

doi:10.3390/su151310400

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Rethinking the Role of Technology for Citizens’ Engagement and Sustainable Development in Smart Cities

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Department of Economics, Management and Institutions (DEMI), University of Naples “Federico II”, 80126 Napoli, Italy

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Department of Humanities, Literature, Cultural Heritage, Education Sciences, University of Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy

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Department of Management and Quantitative Studies, University of Naples ‘Parthenope’, 80132 Napoli, Italy

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Sustainability 2023, 15(13), 10400; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310400

Submission received: 15 April 2023 / Revised: 15 June 2023 / Accepted: 27 June 2023 / Published: 1 July 2023

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Technologies for Smart City)

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Recognizing the interdisciplinary debate about the digital devices and infrastructure needed to support the emergence and viability of smart cities, the latter can be considered one of the most challenging topics within recent decades due to its relevant role in supporting and enhancing citizens’ participation in public management. Using a deductive approach, in this paper, we propose a sustainability-based conceptual framework to support both policymakers and managers in better understanding at which level to act to improve citizens’ engagement as a way to ensure sustainable development in smart cities. The purpose of this paper is to explore how citizens’ involvement in smart cities can be steered toward positive attitudes and behaviors within the context of sustainable development. Drawing on a managerial perspective, we aim to provide preliminary reflections about the key role that digital technologies on which smart cities are based can play in promoting effective sustainable development for all.

Keywords: smart cities (SCs); sustainable development (SD); citizens’ engagement; sustainability; digital technologies

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Caputo, F.; Magliocca, P.; Canestrino, R.; Rescigno, E. Rethinking the Role of Technology for Citizens’ Engagement and Sustainable Development in Smart Cities. Sustainability 2023, 15, 10400. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310400

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Caputo F, Magliocca P, Canestrino R, Rescigno E. Rethinking the Role of Technology for Citizens’ Engagement and Sustainable Development in Smart Cities. Sustainability. 2023; 15(13):10400. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310400

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Caputo, Francesco, Pierpaolo Magliocca, Rossella Canestrino, and Erika Rescigno. 2023. "Rethinking the Role of Technology for Citizens’ Engagement and Sustainable Development in Smart Cities" Sustainability 15, no. 13: 10400. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310400

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Caputo, F., Magliocca, P., Canestrino, R., & Rescigno, E. (2023). Rethinking the Role of Technology for Citizens’ Engagement and Sustainable Development in Smart Cities. Sustainability, 15(13), 10400. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310400

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