The recently cancelled Quayside smart city project in Toronto by Sidewalk Labs is an example of a top-down, tech-driven, intransparant model of a smart city, where government and citizens got sidetracked in the planning process. This article analyses what went wrong and proposes an alternative approach. Experts in the field – from data scientists to philosophers, sociologists and activists – propose a different kind of smart city. The open smart city is based on principles of open data, public digital infrastructure, and civic participation. It uses technology to strengthen public values, civic participation and human rights, instead of undermining them. |
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Van de gesloten smart city naar een open slimme stadLessen uit Quayside, Toronto |
Tijdschrift | Justitiële verkenningen, Aflevering 3 2020 |
Trefwoorden | Toronto, Quayside, Sidewalk Labs, open data, open smart city |
Auteurs | Saskia Naafs MSc |
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Stabilisatie van het schuldenprobleem is niet genoeg |
Tijdschrift | Justitiële verkenningen, Aflevering 1 2020 |
Trefwoorden | debt counseling |
Auteurs | Dr. Ad Baan en Drs. Bram Berkhout |
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In the Dutch debt counseling system, a close collaboration between two trajectories, being voluntary debt settlements and debt settlements imposed by a judge, is vital for the overall success of the system. This article shows that this crucial collaboration is in fact poor, and negatively impacts the success of the debt counseling system. One of the underlying factors is the poor performance of the system as a whole. Although there is a common interest in reducing debts, the involved parties also have their own conflicting interests. The current system fails however to accomplish a tighter collaboration, and even sometimes seems to do the opposite. The authors conclude that a redesign of the Dutch system is necessary to organize a better and more coherent playing field. |