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In 2016, Torino was awarded consistent funding by the Italian government in order
to implement innovative regeneration projects in ‘peripheral’ areas. The inclusion of
the MiraMap project among the actions of the city opens up further opportunities for
work on the platform.
The next step (third phase) regards the replicability of the method and the model in
other administrative areas and scalability to the metropolitan scale, with a substantial
commitment to expanding interoperability with other administrative tools and in
communicating data to citizens. Further analysis will be dedicated to assessing the
social impact and the effectiveness of the process.
Collaborative platforms, starting with their experimentation in marginalized areas,
can provide a good field for reflection on how the involvement of citizens can be stimulated through innovative public policies which aim to assess the value of common
assets and to structure their shared management.
Acknowledgements The technological platform for MiraMap (second phase) has been developed
in collaboration with the Social Computing team of the University of Torino coordinated by Prof.
Guido Boella. First Life (www.firstlife.org) is a project awarded to the above-mentioned team and
funded by the call Smart Cities and Communities and Social innovation of Ministry of University
and Research of Italy.
The authors thank A. Cantini who helped with the preparation of the paper, while she was participating in the project, namely in the Academic Year 2015/2016.
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In 2016, Torino was awarded consistent funding by the Italian government in order
to implement innovative regeneration projects in ‘peripheral’ areas. The inclusion of
the MiraMap project among the actions of the city opens up further opportunities for
work on the platform.
The next step (third phase) regards the replicability of the method and the model in
other administrative areas and scalability to the metropolitan scale, with a substantial
commitment to expanding interoperability with other administrative tools and in
communicating data to citizens. Further analysis will be dedicated to assessing the
social impact and the effectiveness of the process.
Collaborative platforms, starting with their experimentation in marginalized areas,
can provide a good field for reflection on how the involvement of citizens can be stimulated through innovative public policies which aim to assess the value of common
assets and to structure their shared management.
Acknowledgements The technological platform for MiraMap (second phase) has been developed
in collaboration with the Social Computing team of the University of Torino coordinated by Prof.
Guido Boella. First Life (www.firstlife.org) is a project awarded to the above-mentioned team and
funded by the call Smart Cities and Communities and Social innovation of Ministry of University
and Research of Italy.
The authors thank A. Cantini who helped with the preparation of the paper, while she was participating in the project, namely in the Academic Year 2015/2016.
References
Books
European Commission. (2011a). Empowering people, driving change: Social innovation in the
European Union. Bureau of European Policy Advisors (BEPA).
European Commission. (2011b). Cities of tomorrow—Challenges, visions, ways forward. DG
Regional Policy.
European Commission. (2015). Horizon 2020 work programme 2016–2017, 5.i. Information and
Communication Technologies.
Held, D. (2006). Models of democracy. Stanford, Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press.
Horita, M., et al. (Eds.). (2015). ICT tools in urban regeneration. New York: Springer.
Lichfield, N. (1996). Community impact evaluation. London: UCL Press.
Ratti, C. (2013). Smart city, smart citizen. Meet the media guru. Milano: EGEA.
Silva, C. (2010). Handbook of research on E-planning: ICTs for urban development and monitoring.
Pennsylvania: IGI Global Snippet.