Human Smart Cities, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016 Rethinking the Interplay between Design and Planning Urban and Landscape Perspectives Series

Francesca Rizzo was a researcher at the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano and is currently a researcher at University of Bologna. She has a PhD in Telematics and Information from the University of Siena. She taught Human Computer Interaction and Interaction Design at University of Siena and at Politecnico di Milano. Fields of interest: User Centred Design (UCD), user studies and usability of interactive products. She is author of many articles and worked in different European Research Projects and coordinated, for The Design department of the Politecnico di Milano, Peripheria and Life 2.0 projects.

Gives a comprehensive account of the topic of smart cities

Uses a human-driven approach to urban transformation

Reflects on the relation between planning and design as a strategy to link urban processes

Useful for public administration employees, urban planners and designers in addressing recent challenges of sustainability, public policies, business models in their relation with urban design

Provides a collection of theoretical contributions and case studies from Europe

Explores perception of public administration as catalyst of innovation and opportunities

Presents a vision of the urban environment as a living lab ecosystem

Introduces conception of urban innovation as a continuous open process between top-down and bottom up initiatives