Municipalities often collaborate with other stakeholders in smart city projects to develop and implement technological innovations to address complex urban issues. We propose the shared portfolio approach as an alternative way of collaborating, because we have identified possible limitations when the …

We hebben er steeds meer mee te maken: technologie in openbare ruimtes. Niet iedereen is daar altijd blij mee. Om lokale bestuurders te helpen besluiten te nemen waar ook burgers achter staan, is Fontys een grootschalig onderzoek gestart in zes Nederlandse steden. “Dit is ongekend”, zegt Bart Wernaart, …

This report relates to the Horizon 2020 project entitled ‘Making City’. The report was conducted by the Hanze University of Applied Sciences to the benefit of the Municipality of Groningen and other consortium partners in the Making City project and addresses the legal impediments that may arise when …

City governments increasingly experiment with civic participation in the procurement and the realization of smart city technologies in order to improve the incorporation of human values. In this paper, a model is proposed with the level of participation, the continuity of participation and the extent …

Electric vehicles have penetrated the Dutch market, which increases the potential for decreased local emissions, the use and storage of sustainable energy, and the roll-out and use of electric car-sharing business models. This development also raises new potential issues such as increased electricity …

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Purpose The aim of this study is to provide insights into how the purchasing function can increase the maturity of smart maintenance management (SMM) in construction clients by (1) assessing current SMM maturity and (2) developing an adapted service triad for purchasing's meaningful involvement in SMM. …

De maatschappij is in een hoog tempo aan het digitaliseren. Dit blijkt ook uit een toenemend gebruik van slimme technische oplossingen voor gemeenten, oftewel smart city-systemen.Het gebruik ervan heeft ook een keerzijde.

This article analyses four of the most prominent city discourses and introduces the lens of urban vitalism as an overarching interdisciplinary concept of cities as places of transformation and change. We demonstrate the value of using urban vitalism as a lens to conceptualize and critically discuss different …