Sharing Governance and New Technologies in Smart City Planning

The paper aims to analyse the impact of new technologies in developing urban sharing governance, and the consequences of urban planning. New Technologies, smart computing, and monitoring are at the base of the smart city. Socio-economic warns emerge about the dangers coming from technological dominance in relation to the political mission and driven by big companies. The work moves in the opposite direction. The approach focuses on the potential of social inclusiveness in urban planning and urban management, using new technologies. Many authors and local authorities are studying the different paths to better integrate new technologies and increase the “smartness” of cities. Many times, efforts are focused on explaining the opportunities coming from ICT in raising the quality and efficiency of city services. Still now few studies focus on the impact of new technologies in terms of increasing urban sharing governance and how they can review the way in which urban plans are made, for instance, the implications of energy decentralisation. The paper wants to understand the effects of new technologies in opening a new era for urban planning and urban policy-making with a higher impact on citizens’ inclusion. We pointed out four grades of improving the Urban Planning quality using new technologies: increase the awareness of urban living impact; increase the monitoring process; increase the urban security and the urban health; increase the sustainable local development. In conclusion, the paper shows opportunities in terms of reducing the risk of technological dominance in urban planning transformation, aspiring to improve the strategic aim of urban planning with a social impact in terms of inclusiveness.