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The case of Palermo is described in this chapter as an example of Human Smart City (HSC) approach transferred to an extremely weak urban context in Southern Italy. The case focuses on the processes boosted through the Territorial Living Lab established in the city to tackle the topic of citizen participation in the solution of the main city challenges. It was based on a model of incremental and adaptive process of interaction, within a co-creative ecosystem, with the aim of improving housing quality. The model was shared by the players involved in the social innovation process. It would not have been possible without the Living Lab approach and the innovative momentum of design thinking translated into public practice.
The author was the scientific coordinator of the University of Palermo, partner under the European project Parterre which finished at the end of 2012 and was financed by the ICT Policy Support Programme, Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007–2013 (http://www.parterre-project.eu/index.php). He took part in the organisation of five electronic town meetings promoted by the Department of Participation and Decentralisation of the Municipal Administration of Palermo from 2013 to the end of 2014.
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Notes
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For in-depth information about HSC, read the outcomes of the European project Peripheria (ICT PSP CIP programme) and in particular the document “Cook Book”: http://www.peripheria.eu/library/human-smart-cities-cookbook. For information about the human-centred design approach, refer to IDEO “toolkit” available on the website: https://hcd-connect-production.s3.amazonaws.com/toolkit/en/download/ideo_hcd_toolkit_final_cc_superlr.pdf; last updated on September 29, 2014.
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In Sicily, by garden it is usually meant a citrus orchard.
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For more information, see http://acunamatataonlus.weebly.com/progetto-mandarinarte.html, retrieved on September 20, 2014.
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For more information about the project, see http://www.mandarinarte.org/il-progetto
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Reference is made in particular to three associations involved in the activities carried out as part of the Medlab and Parterre projects: the cultural association “Castello di Maredolce” (set up in 1999); the Liceo Basile, based in Via S. Ciro in Palermo; and the Movimento di Promozione Umana (Human Promotion Movement) which is one of the Sicilian civic movements represented by the “Idea e Azione” Movement of Palermo. This group of local stakeholders asked the university to take care of the palace, the park and the Brancaccio neighbourhood.
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In this respect, see the European Commission indications on the Digital Agenda: (1) eGovernment Action Plan (2011–2015): Harnessing ICT to promote smart, sustainable and innovative Government; (2) Malmö Ministerial Declaration on eGovernment and the support offered by ICT in the life of civic institutions; (3) Europe for Citizens Programme (2007–2013). The trend in Europe of the relationship between politics and active citizenship experiences using ICT has been described in a study carried out by the DG Information Society and Media (Summary of the “Study and Supply of Services on the Development of eParticipation in the EU”, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, eGovernment unit, 2009; pp. 4–5).
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Trapani, F. (2016). Palermo: Living Labs for Urban Regeneration. In: Concilio, G., Rizzo, F. (eds) Human Smart Cities. Urban and Landscape Perspectives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33024-2_15
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