TY - GEN A1 - Koch, Florian A1 - Zeitner, Regina A1 - Hanko, Jeanette A1 - Beyer, Sarah A1 - Schwotzer, Thomas A1 - von Kietzell, Paulina A1 - Ninnemann, Katja T1 - Seven Principles for Sustainable Smart Cities N2 - As researchers and practitioners from urban development and related disciplines working in the Sustainable Smart Cities Research Cluster at HTW Berlin, we argue that the concepts of smart and sustainable cities cannot be seen independently of each other. The systematic combination of both approaches has great potential. To realise this potential, we argue that the following seven principles must be considered in urban research and practice: 1. Finding interfaces and delimitations, 2. Observe sufficiency, efficiency and consistency principles, 3. Identifying conflicts and discussing issues of justice, promoting participation and inclusion, 4. Promoting legitimacy and accountability, 5. Creating freedom and ensuring flexibility, 6. consider technical and social innovations and 7. Recognizing the relevance of open source and diversity in digitalization As the core element of the Seven Principles is transdisciplinary cooperation, the HTW Research Cluster Sustainable Smart Cities focuses on developing the HTW Campus as a Real-World Laboratory for future-proof cities. KW - Smart City KW - Sustainability KW - Urban Development KW - Urban Planning KW - Sustainability Transformation KW - Sustainable Smart Cities KW - Living Labs KW - Real-World Laboratories KW - Open-Data Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:523-18442 EP - 1 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Koch, Florian A1 - Zeitner, Regina A1 - Hanko, Jeannette A1 - Beyer, Sarah A1 - Ninnemann, Katja A1 - Schwotzer, Thomas T1 - 7 Prinzipien für nachhaltige smarte Städte N2 - Als Forscher*innen und Praktiker*innen aus der Stadtentwicklung und verwandten Disziplinen, die im Forschungscluster Sustainable Smart Cities an der HTW Berlin arbeiten, argumentieren wir, dass die Konzepte smarter und nachhaltiger Städte nicht unabhängig voneinander gesehen werden können. Die systematische Verknüpfung beider Ansätze birgt großes Potenzial. Um dieses auszuschöpfen, müssen folgende 7 Prinzipien beachtet werden: 1. Schnittstellen finden und Abgrenzungen vornehmen, 2. Suffizienz, Effizienz und Konsistenz-Prinzipien beachten, 3. Konflikte aufzeigen und Gerechtigkeitsfragen diskutieren, Partizipation und Teilhabe fördern, 4. Legitimation und Accountability fördern, 5. Freiräume schaffen und Flexibilität sichern, 6. Technische und soziale Innovationen berücksichtigen und 7. Relevanz von Open Source und Vielfalt bei der Digitalisierung anerkennen KW - Smart City KW - Nachhaltigkeit KW - Stadtentwicklung KW - Stadtplanung KW - Nachhaltigkeitstransformationen KW - Sustainable Smart Cities KW - Open Data Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:523-15381 N1 - Working Paper SP - 1 EP - 4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Koch, Florian A1 - Beyer, Sarah T1 - A gift from heaven: Google’s Environmental Insights Explorer and its tech-down approach to monitor urban sustainability beyond local contexts JF - Urban Studies N2 - Google’s Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) exemplifies a tech-down approach by leveraging proprietary data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to analyze urban greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, solar potential, and tree canopy coverage. While framed as a tool for cities to assess and improve sustainability, the EIE often overlooks localized contexts and depends on opaque data generation processes that follow commercial interests. This study evaluates the EIE's data assemblage through critical urban data studies, focusing on its technical and contextual stacks. It critiques the EIEs lack of transparency, dependence on proprietary data, and marginalization of local expertise. Despite its promise, the EIE raises significant concerns about power imbalances, data validity, and urban governance implications. Cities utilizing the EIE must reconcile its global standardization with specific local needs, navigating a complex landscape shaped by Google’s corporate interests. The findings highlight the need for a more inclusive, context-specific approach to urban sustainability metrics that balances innovative data use with transparency and equitable stakeholder engagement. The EIE demonstrates how sustainability indicators and data are defined through a technology-driven process shaped by a private company, while neglecting local knowledge and narratives. This process - referred to as a tech-down approach - differs from both bottom-up and top-down methods of sustainability indicator selection, as well as from data philanthropy initiatives by private companies, due to its exclusive reliance on corporate data and its global scope. This study urges critical reflection on the broader implications of tech-driven urban monitoring tools like the EIE. KW - Smart City KW - Sustainability KW - critical data studies KW - monitoring climate change KW - smart cities KW - sustainability reporting KW - sustainable development goals Y1 - U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:523-20996 SP - 1 EP - 36 PB - Sage ER -