Confronting the smart city governance challenge

Luca Mora; Paolo Gerli; Michael Batty; Emily Binet Royall; Natalia Carfi; Karl-Filip Coenegrachts; Martin de Jong; Marcelo Facchina; Marijn Janssen; Albert Meijer; Giulio Pasi; Massimo Perrino; Rob Raven; Abdinassir Sagar; Alessandro Sancino; Paolo Santi; Darren Sharp; Gregory Trencher; Liesbet van Zoonen; Pontus Westerberg; Orlando Woods; Xiaoling Zhang; Gesa Ziemer

doi:10.1038/s44284-024-00168-9

Confronting the smart city governance challenge

Luca Mora
, Paolo Gerli
, Michael Batty
, Emily Binet Royall
, Natalia Carfi
, Karl-Filip Coenegrachts
, Martin de Jong
, Marcelo Facchina
, Marijn Janssen
, Albert Meijer
, Giulio Pasi
, Massimo Perrino
, Rob Raven
, Abdinassir Sagar
, Alessandro Sancino
, Paolo Santi
, Darren Sharp
, Gregory Trencher
, Liesbet van Zoonen
, Pontus Westerberg

Orlando Woods, Xiaoling Zhang, Gesa Ziemer

Sustainability Transitions Lab

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review

Abstract

Governance inefficiencies threaten the potential of smart city projects to deliver equitable urban transformations. Current strategies often hinder implementation, and risk harmful technological effects on communities. Tackling this challenge demands urgent reforms to better integrate scientific insights into smarter governance practices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	110-113
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Cities
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00168-9
Publication status	Published - Feb 2025

UN SDGs

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

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

smart cities
governance
sustainability
transitions

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Cite this

Mora, L., Gerli, P., Batty, M., Binet Royall, E., Carfi, N., Coenegrachts, K.-F., de Jong, M., Facchina, M., Janssen, M., Meijer, A., Pasi, G., Perrino, M., Raven, R., Sagar, A., Sancino, A., Santi, P., Sharp, D., Trencher, G., van Zoonen, L., ... Ziemer, G. (2025). Confronting the smart city governance challenge. Nature Cities, 2, 110-113. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00168-9

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