sMArT cities CHAllenges and opportunities: a participatory approach to the design of sustainable, creative and connected cities

Scientific Responsible: SILVIA RITA SEDITA

Project objectives: The project aims at investigating the micro-foundation of a smart city development. The concept of smart city goes beyond the use of digital technologies for better resource use and less emissions. The project stems from the assumption that what qualifies a smart city is the ability of reaching key performance indicators by means of

• inclusive decision making processes, where city government, private and public organizations, and civil society are actors of a participatory planning program;
• long term sustainability orientation.

The project will explore modalities through which it is possible to reach the important objective of smart city development, focusing on 4 areas of inquiry: 1) innovative forms of public-private engagement; 2) smarter urban transport networks; 3) transformative services; 4) the digitization of cultural heritage.

Grantor: MUR - PRIN

Duration: 18/10/2023 - 17/10/2025

Partners:

• University of Padova, dSEA
• University of Florence
• University of Verona
• University of Trento

dSEA staff involved:

• Silvia Rita Sedita
• Ambra Galeazzo
• Andrea Ganzaroli
• Karolina Crespi Gomes
• Andrea Furlan