This book analyzes e-participation in smart cities. In recent decades, information and communication technologies (ICT) have played a key role in the democratic political and governance process by allowing easier interaction between governments and citizens, and the increased ability of citizens to participate in the production chain of public services. E-participation plays and important role in the development of smart cities and smart communities , but it has not yet been extensively studied. This book fills that gap by combining empirical and theoretical research to analyze actual practices of citizen involvement in smart cities and build a solid framework for successful e-participation in smart cities. The book is divided into three parts. Part I discusses smart technologies and their role in improving e-participation in smart cities. Part II deals with models of e-participation in smart cities and the organization issues affecting the implementation of e-participation; these chapters analyze the efficiency of governance models in relation to the establishment of smart cities. Part III proposes incentives to motivate increased participation by governments and cititzenry within the smart cities context. Written by an international panel of experts and practitioners, this book will be a convenient source of information on e-participation in smart cities and will be valuable to academics, researchers, policy-makers, public managers, citizens, international organizations and anyone who has a stake in enhancing citizen engagement in smart cities.

Provides up-to-date information on important developments regarding public value creation and smart cities Defines public value in terms of smart cities and the need for transforming governments to foster public policies Presents insightful analysis about the organizational issues that public managers and politicians have to deal with the introduction of smart technologies to achieve public value creation in the city

Autorentext
Prof. Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar is Professor in Accounting at the University of Granada. He has authored numerous articles in international journals, among them we can highlight Public Money & Management, Government Information Quarterly, Public Administration and Development, Online Information Review, International Review of Administrative Sciences, American Review of Public Administration, ABACUS, Academia. Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, International Public Management Journal, Environmental Education Research, INNOVAR, Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, Lex Localis. Journal of Local Self Government, CLAD. Reforma y Democracia, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Information Technology for Development, Electronic Commerce Research, Internet Research, Social Science Computer Review and Administration & Society . He has been also the author of several book chapters publishedin Routledge, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Springer, Nova Publishers and IGI Global, and is author of full-length books published by the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Spain. He is also editor of books in Springer, member of the Editorial Board of Government Information Quarterly and Associate Editor in other leading international journals.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: The Relevance of Public Value into Smart Cities.- Chapter 2: The Definition of Public Value and its Application to Smart Cities.- Chapter 3: Do Smart Cities mean the Increase of Public Value: A Critical Debate.- Chapter 4: Incentives for the Public Value Creation in Smart Cities.- Chapter 5: An Analytical Framework for Public Value Creation in Smart Cities.- Chapter 6:A Literature Review of the Implementation of Smart Technologies into Smart Cities.- Chapter 7: Incentives and Risks for the Implementation of Smart Technologies into Smart Cities.- Chapter 8: Delivering Public Value Through Smart Technologies in a Smart City Context.- Chapter 9: Upscaling Smart Technologies in Smart Governments.- Chapter 10: Government Recruitment Services and Employees Training For the Creation of Public Value in Smart Cities.- Chapter 11: Rethinking Governance Structures for Improving the Creation of Public Value in Smart Cities.