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AuthorBiloria, Nimish
Available date2021-07-14T09:05:25Z
Publication Date2021
Publication NameProceedings of the International Conference on the 4th Game Set and Match (GSM4Q-2019)
CitationBiloria N., "Smart Cities: A Socio-Technical Perspective", International Conference on the 4th Game Set and Match (GSM4Q-2019), Doha, Qatar, 6-7 February 2019, https://doi.org/10.29117/gsm4q.2019.0020
URIhttps://doi.org/10.29117/gsm4q.2019.0020
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/21479
AbstractThis research paper elaborates upon the concept of Smart Cities and the evolution of the term itself throughout history in order to outline the emergence of two distinct schools of thought: technocentric and humancentric, which have shaped smart cities. The paper also categorizes smart cities based on these two perspectives and outlines the operational tactics associated with them. After discussing and summarizing the pros and cons of both perspectives, the viewpoint of a socio-technical system-based model for conceptualizing and re-thinking the smart city narrative is presented. This People, Activity, Context and Technology (PACT) based socio-technical ecosystem model and the manner in which it can overcome the shortcomings of the technocentric and the humancentric modes of thinking is thus presented as a way to understand the city and as a laboratory for initiating an ecology of informed smart innovations.
Languageen
PublisherQatar Univesrity Press
SubjectSmart cities
Socio-technical system
Architecture
Built Environment
People-centric
TitleSmart Cities: A Socio-Technical Perspective
TypeConference Paper
Pagination141-154
dc.accessType Open Access


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