People-oriented transformation of cities towards smart sustainable development

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/2300-1690.25.05

Keywords:

sustainability, smart city, twin transition, smart governance, people-oriented smart city planning

Abstract

This article focuses on the technology-driven transition of cities towards sustainability. Its aim is to identify the essence of the city twin transformation and the people-oriented approach to designing sustainable, smart cities using selected urban projects as examples. The paper analyses projects implemented in Kłodzko, Żuromin and Zduńska Wola, financed from the funds of the competition addressed to local government units Human Smart Cities. Smart Cities Co-Created by Citizens. The projects clearly outline and integrate three transition paths: technological, environmental and social, which indicates the realisation of the twin transition principle. Furthermore, the process of planning smart city development and designing urban solutions was citizen-oriented, taking into account residents’ preferences and perceptions and proceeded with their participation. The methods of participation and co-production of smart city solutions used were tailored to the digital competences of the residents.

Author Biographies

Aldona Podgórniak-Krzykacz, Uniwersytet Łódzki

Aldona Podgórniak-Krzykacz – dr, adiunkt, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Katedra Pracy i Polityki Społecznej, Wydział Ekonomiczno-Socjologiczny, Instytut Logistyki i Informatyki, moje zainteresowania naukowe i aktualne badania koncentrują się na samorządzie lokalnym i regionalnym, zarządzaniu publicznym i współzarządzaniu, zrównoważonym, inteligentnym rozwoju lokalnym, zrównoważonej konsumpcji i starzejących się społecznościach lokalnych.

Justyna Przywojska, Uniwersytet Łódzki

Justyna Przywojska – dr, adiunkt, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Katedra Pracy i Polityki Społecznej, Wydział Ekonomiczno-Socjologiczny, Instytut Logistyki i Informatyki, moje zainteresowania badawcze koncentrują się na zagadnieniach związanych ze zrównoważonym rozwojem lokalnym i rewitalizacją miast, starzeniem się społeczności lokalnych, zarządzaniem publicznym, lokalną polityką społeczną, zachowaniami konsumentów i zrównoważoną konsumpcją.

References

Ahvenniemi, H., Huovila, A., Pinto-Seppä, I., & Airaksinen, M. (2017). What are the differences between sustainable and smart cities? Cities, 60, 234–245. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CITIES.2016.09.009
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2016.09.009

Albino, V., Berardi, U., & Dangelico, R. M. (2015). Smart Cities: Definitions, Dimensions, Performance, and Initiatives. Journal of Urban Technology, 22(1), 3–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2014.942092
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2014.942092

Angelidou, M. (2015). Smart cities: A conjuncture of four forces. Cities, 47, 95–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2015.05.004
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2015.05.004

Berntzen, L., & Johannessen, M. R. (2016). The Role of Citizen Participation in Municipal Smart City Projects: Lessons Learned from Norway. In J. R. Gil-Garcia, T. A. Pardo, T. Nam (Eds.), Smarter as the New Urban Agenda. A Comprehensive View of the 21st Century City (pp. 299–314). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17620-8_16
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17620-8_16

Bibri, S. E., & Krogstie, J. (2017). Smart sustainable cities of the future: An extensive interdisciplinary literature review. Sustainable Cities and Society, 31, 183–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCS.2017.02.016
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2017.02.016

Bouzguenda, I., Alalouch, C., & Fava, N. (2019). Towards smart sustainable cities: A review of the role digital citizen participation could play in advancing social sustainability. Sustainable Cities and Society, 50, 101627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101627
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101627

Chadborn, N. H., Blair, K., Creswick, H., Hughes, N., Dowthwaite, L., Adenekan, O., & Vallejos, E. P. (2019). Citizens’ Juries: When Older Adults Deliberate on the Benefits and Risks of Smart Health and Smart Homes. Healthcare, 7(2), 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/HEALTHCARE7020054
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7020054

Dameri, R. P., & Ricciardi, F. (2017). Leveraging smart city projects for benefitting citizens: The role of ICTs. In S. T. Rassia, P. M. Pardalos (Eds.), Smart City Networks. Through the Internet of Things (pp. 111–128). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61313-0_7
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61313-0_7

De Waal, M., & Dignum, M. (2017). The citizen in the smart city. How the smart city could transform citizenship. IT – Information Technology, 59(6), 263–273. https://doi.org/10.1515/itit-2017-0012
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/itit-2017-0012

Dietz, S., & Neumayer, E. (2007). Weak and strong sustainability in the SEEA: Concepts and measurement. Ecological Economics, 61(4), 617–626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.09.007
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.09.007

Ferrara, R. (2015). The Smart City and the Green Economy in Europe: A Critical Approach. Energies, 8(6), 4724–4734. https://doi.org/10.3390/en8064724
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en8064724

Frantzeskaki, N., Bach, M., Hölscher, K., & Avelino, F. (2018). Introducing Sustainability Transitions’ Thinking in Urban Contexts. In N. Frantzeskaki, K. Hölscher, M. Bach, & F. Avelino (Eds.), Co-creating sustainable urban futures (pp. 63–79). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69273-9_3
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69273-9_3

Grin, J., Rotmans, J., & Schot, J. (2010). Transitions to Sustainable Development: New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change. New York: Routledge.
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203856598

Höjer, M., & Wangel, J. (2014). Smart sustainable cities: Definition and challenges. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 310, 333–349. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_20
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_20

Huang, K., Luo, W., Zhang, W., & Li, J. (2021). Characteristics and Problems of Smart City Development in China. Smart Cities, 4(4), 1403–1419. https://doi.org/10.3390/SMARTCITIES4040074
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities4040074

Ismagilova, E., Hughes, L., Rana, N. P., & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2022). Security, Privacy and Risks Within Smart Cities: Literature Review and Development of a Smart City Interaction Framework. Information Systems Frontiers, 24(2), 393–414. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10796-020-10044-1
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-020-10044-1

Jackson, T. (2019). The Post-growth Challenge: Secular Stagnation, Inequality and the Limits to Growth. Ecological Economics, 156, 236–246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.10.010
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.10.010

Khan, Z., Dambruch, J., Peters-Anders, J., Sackl, A., Strasser, A., Fröhlich, P., Templer, S., & Soomro, K. (2017). Developing Knowledge-Based Citizen Participation Platform to Support Smart City Decision Making: The Smarticipate Case Study. Information, 8(2), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.3390/info8020047
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/info8020047

Khmara, Y., & Kronenberg, J. (2023). Urban degrowth economics: making cities better places for living, working, and playing. Local Environment, 28(3), 304–321. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2022.2136638
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2022.2136638

Kirkby, J., O’Keefe, P., & Timberlake, L. (1995). Sustainable Development: An Introduction. In J. Kirkby, Phil O’Keefe, & Lloyd Timberlake (Eds.), The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Development (pp. 8–22). London: Routledge.
View in Google Scholar

Komninos, N. (2022). Transformation of Industry Ecosystems in Cities and Regions: A Generic Pathway for Smart and Green Transition. Sustainability, 14(15), 9694. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159694
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159694

Kopeć, K. (2022). Ekonomia obwarzanka i jej wpływ na potrzebę regeneracji miast. Przykład Amsterdamu. In J. Buzek, H. A. Kretek, M. Staniszewski (Eds.), Zrównoważony rozwój i europejski zielony ład wektorami doskonalenia warsztatu naukowca (pp. 73–81). Racibórz: Wydawnictwo Akademii Nauk Stosowanych w Raciborzu.
View in Google Scholar

Kumar, H., Singh, M. K., Gupta, M. P., & Madaan, J. (2020). Moving towards smart cities: Solutions that lead to the Smart City Transformation Framework. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 153, 119281. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TECHFORE.2018.04.024
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.04.024

Kummitha, R. K. R., & Crutzen, N. (2017). How do we understand smart cities? An evolutionary perspective. Cities, 67, 43–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2017.04.010
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2017.04.010

Li, J., Sun, W., Song, H., Li, R., & Hao, J. (2021). Toward the construction of a circular economy eco-city: An emergy-based sustainability evaluation of Rizhao city in China. Sustainable Cities and Society, 71, 102956. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCS.2021.102956
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102956

Loorbach, D., van Bakel, J. C., Whiteman, G., & Rotmans, J. (2009). Business strategies for transitions towards sustainable systems. Business Strategy and the Environment, 19(2), 133–146. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.645
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.645

Marston, H. R., & van Hoof, J. (2019). “Who Doesn’t Think about Technology When Designing Urban Environments for Older People?” A Case Study Approach to a Proposed Extension of the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(19), 3525. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193525
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193525

Martin, C. J., Evans, J., & Karvonen, A. (2018). Smart and sustainable? Five tensions in the visions and practices of the smart-sustainable city in Europe and North America. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 133, 269–278. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TECHFORE.2018.01.005
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.01.005

Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej. (2022a). Kłodzko: Smart Kłodzko (SMAK). https://www.popt.gov.pl/strony/o-programie/projekty/projekty-human-smart-cities/projekty-hsc/hsc-wg-wojewodztw/dolnoslaskie/klodzko/ Retrieved: October 20, 2023).
View in Google Scholar

Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej. (2022b). Zduńska Wola: 60+ smart city – innowacje jako efekt współpracy międzypokoleniowej. https://www.popt.gov.pl/strony/o-programie/projekty/projekty-human-smart-cities/projekty-hsc/hsc-wg-wojewodztw/lodzkie/zdunska-wola/ (Retrieved: October 20, 2023).
View in Google Scholar

Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej. (2022c). Żuromin: Zwiększenie udziału mieszkańców Żuromina w procesie zarządzania, monitoringu środowiskowego oraz kreowania wizji rozwoju miasta poprzez pobudzenie geopartycypacji społecznej. https://www.popt.gov.pl/strony/o-programie/projekty/projekty-human-smart-cities/projekty-hsc/hsc-wg-wojewodztw/mazowieckie/zuromin/ (Retrieved: October 20, 2023).
View in Google Scholar

Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej. (2023). Konkurs Human Smart Cities I jego wyniki. https://www.popt.gov.pl/strony/o-programie/projekty/projekty-human-smart-cities/konkurs-i-jego-wyniki/ (Retrieved: October 6, 2023).
View in Google Scholar

Podgórniak-Krzykacz, A., Przywojska, J., & Wiktorowicz, J. (2020). Smart and Age-Friendly Communities in Poland. An Analysis of Institutional and Individual Conditions for a New Concept of Smart Development of Ageing Communities. Energies, 13(9), 2268. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13092268
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en13092268

Praharaj, S., Han, J. H., & Hawken, S. (2018). Urban innovation through policy integration: Critical perspectives from 100 smart cities mission in India. City, Culture and Society, 12, 35–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CCS.2017.06.004
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2017.06.004

Przywojska, J., & Podgórniak-Krzykacz, A. (2020). A comprehensive approach: Inclusive, smart and green urban development. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 15(1), 149–160. https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2020.1.16
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2020.1.16

Raworth, K. (2017). Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist. Chelsea, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing.
View in Google Scholar

Rotmans, J. (2011). Societal Innovation: Between Dream and Reality Lies Complexity. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.878564
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.878564

Schneider, F., Kallis, G., & Martinez-Alier, J. (2010). Crisis or opportunity? Economic degrowth for social equity and ecological sustainability. Introduction to this special issue. Journal of Cleaner Production, 18(6), 511–518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.01.014
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.01.014

Sharif, R. Al, & Pokharel, S. (2022). Smart City Dimensions and Associated Risks: Review of literature. Sustainable Cities and Society, 77, 103542. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCS.2021.103542
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103542

Soomro, K., Bhutta, M. N. M., Khan, Z., & Tahir, M. A. (2019). Smart city big data analytics: An advanced review. WIREs Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 9(5), e1319. https://doi.org/10.1002/widm.1319
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/widm.1319

Tsolakis, N., & Anthopoulos, L. (2015). Eco-cities: An integrated system dynamics framework and a concise research taxonomy. Sustainable Cities and Society, 17, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCS.2015.03.002
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2015.03.002

Van den Bergh, J. C. J. M. (2011). Environment versus growth – A criticism of “degrowth” and a plea for “a-growth”. Ecological Economics, 70(5), 881–890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.09.035
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.09.035

Wang, B., Loo, B. P. Y., & Huang, G. (2022). Becoming Smarter through Smart City Pilot Projects: Experiences and Lessons from China since 2013. Journal of Urban Technology, 29(4), 3–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2021.1962695
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2021.1962695

Warnecke, T. (2023). Operationalizing the Doughnut Economy: An Institutional Perspective. Journal of Economic Issues, 57(2), 643–653. https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2202570
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2202570

Yigitcanlar, T., Kamruzzaman, M., Foth, M., Sabatini-Marques, J., da Costa, E., & Ioppolo, G. (2019). Can cities become smart without being sustainable? A systematic review of the literature. Sustainable Cities and Society, 45, 348–365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2018.11.033
View in Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2018.11.033

Downloads

Published

2023-12-11

How to Cite

Podgórniak-Krzykacz, A., & Przywojska, J. (2023). People-oriented transformation of cities towards smart sustainable development. Władza Sądzenia, (25), 70–87. https://doi.org/10.18778/2300-1690.25.05

Issue

No. 25 (2023)

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.