THE SMART CITY AS A SOCIAL POLICY ACTOR

2020 Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings (ICT 2020), Connected Smart Cities (CSC 2020) and Web Based Communities and Social Media (WBC 2020)   unpublished
Smart City literature has started focusing on new technologies that are being developed to improve cities' inner processes. Nowadays, it moved into considerations of the role of citizens in these improvements and ways to adapt new technologies to fit their needs. Smart Cities are, therefore expanding. It can be noted both in numbers and in scope. For the former, investment and interest in the topic has been growing as more and more cities aim to be considered "smart". For the latter, with more
more » ... nd more technological developments, the possibilities for the areas in which cities can be "smart" has increased. This has led to Smart Cities increase in the scope of action. Social participation and inclusion are taken in consideration, creating the Smart Inclusive City. Moreover, this article argues that Smart Cities are emerging as new social policy actors. Concepts from the social policy literature such as welfare regimes, intersectionality, and gender mainstreaming become relevant to Smart City scholars.
doi:10.33965/ict_csc_wbc_2020_202008c031 fatcat:2flx6e36d5dmhkcsgonn23v6iq