Exploring the Interceptions Between Smart Cities and Digitalization for Urban Development - A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Both scholars and practitioners attribute a strategic role to Smart Cities and Digitalization for Urban Development, witnessed by the extensive literature produced on the subject in the last decade. Thus, this growing interest involves the need to clarify the complexity deriving from the ongoing urbanization and digital transition processes. This paper aims to provide a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to tackle the relationship between the inputs generated by the Smart Governance policies and the output related to their enhancement. It offers an outline of the extant literature, framing the future research trajectories. A rigorous methodology will allow the reader to fully understand the nature of such a limited research area. Furthermore, the small number of contributions intersecting the two strands will represent the nuclear unit within which investigate the operational effects in the context of Ur- ban Development. Finally, the discussion of the findings will be aimed at drawing up a research agenda to improve smart government decision-making from a “smart citizen-cen- tric” perspective

Towards Social Justice in Energy Transitions: An Information Systems Perspective

peer reviewedThe transition to net-zero energy is typically framed as an environmental sustainability challenge. However, this transition can only be successful if it also considers social sustainability. To provide a basis for this perspective in IS research, we conduct a scoping review on the current state of knowledge surrounding energy social justice. Our review combines traditional qualitative text analysis of 47 papers with natural language processing (NLP) on an expanded set of 267 papers. We find that social justice discussions have picked-up pace since 2016 with a noticeable jump in 2020. However, they focus only on specific topics and are limited to the energy and social sciences. To transfer concepts and knowledge from these disciplines into IS and guide the filling-in of blank spots, we present a conceptual framework for IS research on energy social justice.1. No poverty7. Affordable and clean energy9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure10. Reduced inequalities11. Sustainable cities and communities12. Responsible consumption and productio

Digital technologies for behavioral change in sustainability domains: a systematic mapping review

Sustainability research has emerged as an interdisciplinary area of knowledge about how to achieve sustainable development, while political actions toward the goal are still in their infancy. A sustainable world is mirrored by a healthy environment in which humans can live without jeopardizing the survival of future generations. The main aim of this contribution was to carry out a systematic mapping (SM) of the applications of digital technologies in promoting environmental sustainability. From a rigorous search of different databases, a set of more than 1000 studies was initially retrieved and then, following screening criteria based on the ROSES (RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses) procedure, a total of N = 37 studies that met the eligibility criteria were selected. The studies were coded according to different descriptive variables, such as digital technology used for the intervention, type of sustainable behavior promoted, research design, and population for whom the intervention was applied. Results showed the emergence of three main clusters of Digital Technologies (i.e., virtual/immersive/augmented reality, gamification, and power-metering systems) and two main Sustainable Behaviors (SBs) (i.e., energy and water-saving, and pollution reduction). The need for a clearer knowledge of which digital interventions work and the reasons why they work (or do not work) does not emerge from the outcomes of this set of studies. Future studies on digital interventions should better detail intervention design characteristics, alongside the reasons underlying design choices, both behaviourally and technologically. This should increase the likelihood of the successful adoption of digital interventions promoting behavioral changes in a more sustainable direction

Digital technologies for behavioral change in sustainability domains: a systematic mapping review

Sustainability research has emerged as an interdisciplinary area of knowledge about how to achieve sustainable development, while political actions toward the goal are still in their infancy. A sustainable world is mirrored by a healthy environment in which humans can live without jeopardizing the survival of future generations. The main aim of this contribution was to carry out a systematic mapping (SM) of the applications of digital technologies in promoting environmental sustainability. From a rigorous search of different databases, a set of more than 1000 studies was initially retrieved and then, following screening criteria based on the ROSES (RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses) procedure, a total of N = 37 studies that met the eligibility criteria were selected. The studies were coded according to different descriptive variables, such as digital technology used for the intervention, type of sustainable behavior promoted, research design, and population for whom the intervention was applied. Results showed the emergence of three main clusters of Digital Technologies (i.e., virtual/immersive/augmented reality, gamification, and power-metering systems) and two main Sustainable Behaviors (SBs) (i.e., energy and water-saving, and pollution reduction). The need for a clearer knowledge of which digital interventions work and the reasons why they work (or do not work) does not emerge from the outcomes of this set of studies. Future studies on digital interventions should better detail intervention design characteristics, alongside the reasons underlying design choices, both behaviourally and technologically. This should increase the likelihood of the successful adoption of digital interventions promoting behavioral changes in a more sustainable direction

Desarrollo sostenible y brecha tecnológica en los colaboradores de la Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Tarapoto 2021

El objetivo del trabajo de investigación fue determinar la relación entre el desarrollo sostenible y la brecha tecnológica en los colaboradores de la Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Tarapoto 2021. El tipo de estudio fue básico de diseño no experimental de corte transversal, descriptivo – correlacional. Con una muestra de 251 colaboradores, cuyo instrumento aplicado fue el cuestionario. Los principales resultados fueron: El desarrollo sostenible es percibido por el 77% de colaboradores como nivel medio, la brecha tecnológica según la percepción de los colaboradores es de nivel medio en un 50%, se obtuvo una significancia bilateral de (p-valor < 0.05) y un coeficiente de correlación de 0.557 (infraestructura), 0.499 (accesibilidad), 0.736 (conocimiento) para la relación entre el desarrollo sostenible y las dimensiones de la brecha tecnológica. Se concluye que, tras la aplicación de la prueba de correlación de Rho de Spearman, se obtuvo un coeficiente de correlación de 0.639 como indicador de correlación positiva moderada, con un valor de significancia bilateral de p-valor equivalente a 0.001 dejando constancia que existe relación significativa entre el desarrollo sostenible y la brecha tecnológica

Assessing the Gap between Technology and the Environmental Sustainability of European Cities

Akande, A., Cabral, P., & Casteleyn, S. (2019). Assessing the Gap between Technology and the Environmental Sustainability of European Cities. Information Systems Frontiers, 21(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-019-09903-3The growth of cities’ population increased the interest in the opportunities and challenges that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have on carbon footprint reduction, which fosters their environmental sustainability. Using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), six ICT-related variables from European Union (EU) cities were combined into a single two-dimensional ICT index. Then, through cluster analysis, cities were clustered into four groups based on the ICT index and Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions. Using ICT as an indicator of smartness and CO 2 emissions as an indicator of sustainability, we show that it is possible for a city to be smart but not sustainable and vice versa. Results also indicate that there is a gap between cities in northern Europe, which are the top performers in both categories, and cities in south-eastern Europe, which do not perform as well. The need for a common strategy for achieving integrated smart, sustainable and inclusive growth at a European level is demonstrated.publishersversionpublishe