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A smart city initiative: a case study of Porto Alegre 156

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Luiza Schuch de Azambuja,

Jorge Lheureux-De-Freitas,

Cristiano Ramos Moreira,

Marie Anne MacadarAuthors Info & Claims

dg.o '14: Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research

Pages 245 - 252

https://doi.org/10.1145/2612733.2612768

Published: 18 June 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Many cities around the world are investing in "smart" ways to manage the problems associated with urbanization and agglomeration of people. The challenge is how to implement initiatives to attend citizen's necessities aiming a better quality of life. The purpose of this paper is to describe the "156 Speaks Porto Alegre", channel driven to citizen municipal demands, and investigate its integration and relationship with the eight dimensions of the Smart City Initiatives Framework: technology, management and organization, policy context, governance, people and communities, economy, built infrastructure, and natural environment. The main findings show that coordination between agencies and departments are needed to achieve citizen better quality of life. They also demonstrate that the use of the right technology is really important and a smart city initiative must have mobility and easy interaction with citizen. Finally, interdepartmental collaboration and cooperation are considered central issues to achieve initiatives' objectives.

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