From 'Digital' to 'Smart': Upgrading the City

Alessandro Aurigi; Katharine Willis; Lorena Melgaco

doi:10.1145/2946803.2946813

From 'Digital' to 'Smart': Upgrading the City

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University of Plymouth

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Abstract

In this paper we seek to reflect on the way in which 'digital cities' later re-emerge as 'smart cities' (both in terms of the approaches and also the actual cities) and what lessons can be learned about the role of ICTs in how they shape urban space. We will focus on looking at how the lack of understanding of the city as a 'place' is often a common factor in the lack of longevity in 'digital city' initiatives and discuss the corresponding implications for the emergence of 'smart cities'. We draw on a study of the city of Bristol, UK in order to look at the variety of initiatives that took Bristol from a 1990's digital city to the current 'smart' projects. We conclude by reflecting on what can be learnt from the lessons of the failed Digital City projects of 1990's and discuss the role that placemaking could play in the development of socially and spatially sustainable smart cities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 3rd Media Architecture Biennale Conference, MAB 2016
Place of Publication	https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2946803.2946813
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450347495
ISBN (Print)	9781450347495
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2946803.2946813
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2016
Event	3rd Media Architecture Biennale Conference, MAB 2016 - Sydney, Australia Duration: 1 Jun 2016 → 4 Jun 2016

Publication series

Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	3rd Media Architecture Biennale Conference, MAB 2016
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	1/06/16 → 4/06/16

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Networks and Communications

Keywords

City
Digital
ICTs
Infrastructure
Placemaking
Smart
Urbanism

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Aurigi, A , Willis, K & Melgaco, L 2016, From 'Digital' to 'Smart': Upgrading the City. in Proceedings of the 3rd Media Architecture Biennale Conference, MAB 2016., a10, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2946803.2946813, 3rd Media Architecture Biennale Conference, MAB 2016, Sydney, Australia, 1/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2946803.2946813

From 'Digital' to 'Smart': Upgrading the City. / Aurigi, Alessandro ; Willis, Katharine; Melgaco, Lorena.
Proceedings of the 3rd Media Architecture Biennale Conference, MAB 2016. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2946803.2946813: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2016. a10 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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From 'Digital' to 'Smart': Upgrading the City

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