The Civil City Framework for the Implementation of Nature-Based Smart Innovations: Right to a Healthy City Perspective

Anna Domaradzka (), Mikołaj Biesaga, Ewa Domaradzka and Magdalena Kołodziejczyk
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Anna Domaradzka: Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw, 00-183 Warsaw, Poland
Mikołaj Biesaga: Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw, 00-183 Warsaw, Poland
Ewa Domaradzka: Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-378 Warsaw, Poland
Magdalena Kołodziejczyk: Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw, 00-183 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-20

Abstract: This paper aims to expand the current debate concerning the implementation of health-related innovations by employing the rights-based approach. Specifically, we address the challenges related to the implementation of technological and Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) from the right to the city perspective. As a result, we present a comprehensive Civil City Framework that involves the synergic use of ICT tools and participation models to mobilize grassroots potential for building healthier cities, while ensuring equity and respect for diverse needs. We explain the participatory and technological aspects of implementing and monitoring innovative NBS, involving data gathering through environmental sensors, personal wristbands, and smartphone apps. Finally, we highlight opportunities and challenges stemming from the use of health- and environment-monitoring technologies. To build such a vision one needs to reconceive the city as commons, enabling collective action of city residents and cooperation between different local stakeholders. This can be achieved by embedding a pentahelix approach of multi-governance in urban planning, based on a close interaction between five key stakeholders, including public authorities, industry and business sector, academia, civil society organizations, and individual citizens.

Keywords: right to the city; right to a healthy city; public health; wellbeing; Nature-Based Solutions; stakeholders’ engagement; participation; smart innovation; ICT; IoT; smart city (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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