Titled ‘Smart technologies and the city – making the case for a socio-technical approach’, the blog considers the ‘smartification’ of city planning, management and urban infrastructures using emerging technology applications: “the links between technology as the enabler for cities to become more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent through capturing and collecting, sharing and distributing and analysing and implementing data[1] on the one hand, and urban development goals and city challenges on the other, remain obscure and indirect”.
The blog follows the recent CSIC and The Ove Arup Foundation (TOAF) Digital Cities for Change (DC2) Emerging Connections Workshop which was held in October and outlines the importance of a Competency Framework to enable city managers to lead digitalisation in their cities in collaboration with local communities and other stakeholders.
The informative and thought-provoking monthly blogs are written by members of the CSIC team, partners and industry experts to showcase opinions and ideas from the forefront of smart infrastructure and construction.
Read the full blog by Dr Timea Nochta
[1] Harrison, C., Eckman, B., Hamilton, R., Hartswick, P., Kalagnanam, J., Paraszczak, J., & Williams, P. (2010). Foundations for smarter cities. IBM Journal of research and development, 54(4), 1-16.