Human-Smart Environment Interactions in Smart Cities: Exploring Dimensionalities of Smartness

H. Patricia McKenna
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H. Patricia McKenna: AmbientEase, Victoria, BC V8V 4Y9, Canada

Future Internet, 2020, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: In the context of the challenges facing human computer interaction (HCI) on the one hand and the future Internet on the other, the purpose of this study is to explore the multi-dimensionality of smart cities, looking at relationships and interdependencies through correlating selected dimensions of smartness. Key dimensions of smartness are identified for exploration in the context of smart cities in this work through a review of the research literature. Methodologically, this work combines an exploratory case study approach consisting of multiple methods of data collection including survey and in-depth interviews, with an explanatory correlational design. In terms of results, the main findings of this work shed light on the relationships between selected dimensions of the multi-dimensionality construct of smartness in data-rich urban environments. This work is significant in that it provides correlational information for smart city dimensionalities while contributing to the research literature in this domain; uses a hybrid case study and correlational design in relation to the study of multi-dimensionality; and, opens spaces for the study of innovative urban initiatives, while taking the ideas and experiences of people from many sectors into consideration.

Keywords: citizen engagement; correlation; future internet; human-smart environment interactions; innovation; interactive public spaces; learning cities; livability; relationships; smart cities; sustainability; transient interactions; urban data; urban interventions; walkability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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