Smart Citizens for Smart Cities: A User Engagement Protocol for Citizen Participation

Benjamin Stelzle*, Anja Jannack, Torsten Holmer, Fabrice Naumann, Andreas Wilde, Jörg Noennig

*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

Smart Cities offer the promise to improve the quality of live for their inhabitants. Therefore, new concepts and technologies for citizen participation is indispensable. Not only new mobility technologies, but digital-driven interaction between citizens and planners is a key component for future smart cities. In the U_CODE Project an innovative approach has been developed and backed up by technologies to enable this level of participation in urban development. This paper presents the User Engagement Protocols (UEP) and their testing in the testing for the smart campus design at the CJD Learning Campus Sangerhausen, which function as a case study. The UEP enables the moderators of the U_CODE process to concert the variety of actions and stakeholders during a co-designed urban development process. For every stakeholder and every phase, a specific UEP can be generated from a Master Protocol which covers the entire process. The methodical steps, which lead to this comprehensive process are shown in this paper, as well as the first application in the Sagerhausen Test Case. There a new campus for children with special requirements is planned together with the school administration, the teachers, parents and children. It proves the management possibilities of the U_CODE process in massive co-design urban development scenarios in a real environment.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternet of Things, Infrastructures and Mobile Applications
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 13th IMCL Conference
EditorsMichael E. Auer, Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos
Place of PublicationCham
Pages571-581
Number of pages11
Edition1.
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-49932-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event13th IMCL Conference -
Duration: 1 Jan 2021 → …

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
PublisherSpringer
Number1192
ISSN (Print)2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)2194-5365

Conference

Conference13th IMCL Conference
Period1/01/21 → …

Keywords

  • Co-design
  • Smart city
  • Public participation
  • Urban development
  • User engagement

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