| Title |
Participatory energy: Research, imaginaries and practices on people' contribute to energy systems in the smart city |
| ID_Doc |
38682 |
| Authors |
Corsini, F; Certomà, C; Dyer, M; Frey, M |
| Title |
Participatory energy: Research, imaginaries and practices on people' contribute to energy systems in the smart city |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.028 |
| Abstract |
Scholarly research on smart cities already signalled that citizens' engagement is a fundamental requisite for the achievement of a sustainable and inclusive urban development. Accordingly, transition towards a fossil fuel free future is not to be understood as a matter of techno-economic innovation but as a process in which the 'social' and the 'technical' are inextricably intertwined, and technologies co-evolve with programmes of governing. Research findings from a recent bibliometric study reveal a very different picture where city dwellers are rarely the subject of research into future energy plans for transition towards a fossil future free future. Instead the research publications tend to concentrate on technological innovation for energy production and consumption. The findings are a concern given that the transition towards a fossil fuel free future will have a greater likelihood of success with public engagement and public acceptance. The paper explores the current transformation of sociotechnical imaginaries towards a more participatory idea of smart cities that emerge from real-world practices; and the resistances and resiliencies to this transformation in research domain. We discuss the evidences emerging from the research on communities energy against the literature on smart energy system. |
| Author Keywords |
Socio-technical imaginaries; Smart City; Citizen participation; Sustainable energy; Community energy |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000462690500025 |
| WoS Category |
Business; Regional & Urban Planning |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics; Public Administration |
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