Towards Open Innovation and Co-Production Through Citizen Engagement
An article on the GovLab website examined the challenge of involving various stakeholders in urban planning through user-driven innovation and collaborative design. The article concludes that, in order to provide real benefit and value for urban planning and smart city solutions, participatory service should be integrated as part of the decision-making. Adoption of this kind of services system also means reforming of some of work processes in governance and planning how to exploit the results of the participatory processes to make informed decisions.
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