Urban platforms as drivers of socio-environmental transformations: the case of civic monitoring and citizens’ assemblies around Milan

Anna Berti Suman

Chapter 18 in Handbook of Platform Urbanism, 2025, pp 241-255 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Local matters of concern may push civil society to engage with forms of civic monitoring and other participatory approaches to promote transformations. These efforts are frequently deployed on (digital/physical) platforms as spaces for encounter and coordination which can be framed as ‘platform communities’. Such platforms are spaces where civic actors convene and exchange ideas and data on real-world issues. On these platforms, community bonding and multi-stakeholder cooperation may take place. The chapter discusses cases of civic environmental monitoring and citizens’ assemblies around Milan, observed in the framework of the research project Sensing for Justice. It focuses on exploring how participatory approaches complement each other and reflects on the impact that civic contributions facilitated by these platforms has and could have for fostering socio-environmental transformations in the city.

Keywords: Civic monitoring; Citizens’ assemblies; Socio-environmental transformations; Platforms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035313754
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