Nordic Smart City Model

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Nordic Smart City Model Analysis of workshop reflections Best scenario on future Nordic Smart Cities

What do we take with us and what do we leave behind from 2020 and why?

Word Clouds Most frequent words from the mural board

Method explained To identify possible themes in the data from the mural board, we ran a word frequency query in Nvivo. This produced a list of the most occurring words and a visualisation of this list in the shape of two word clouds. One is showing the most frequent words regarding what to bring to 2020 and another regarding what to leave behind in 2020.

The biggest words in the clouds are the most frequent words used on the post-its written by the participants in the workshop. The smaller the word, the less frequent.

Slide 5 and 7 describe what context the most frequent words occur in.

Surveilance

Less travel, lower pollution Smart cities not only referring Ruralization to cities but more widely "smart communities"

We become more independant, but less tolerantworking mostly remotly

Time to do "other things", volounteer work

Low cost shipments, just in time

supporting the continuation of rural settlements / reduced pressure on cities

More free time

Safe way of living

More time with family (local family)

indepency of the placework where

problem solving

High Efficiency

Possibility to attract people and talents globally (when fysical place is not an issue)

Unlimed economic Growth

work is not a place

Fast, widespread impact/change when needed

No need to travel

efficient life

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You arewant in you many places quickly. human work without travel centered on

Everyone OWNS their own data.

Less co2 emissions from travel

More efficient processes

Afraid of other humans?

Distrust?

Unequal opportunities: some are tied to locations and some are not

Private data being shared DO AIs have emotional intelligence? isolated communities outside of cities

Restricted freedoms Surveilance capitalism

You don't spontaneously meet new people.

unequal Everythingdistrubution need sto be pola of work & income

reduces transport needs

Relying too heavily on technology in key operations

Market driven - fails to address levels of consumption

surveillance

Mind overriding the body

less personal freedom

Empowering everyone no matter any disabilities

no need for commuting

AI becomes "smarter" than human intelligence What attracts people to city centers if there is no or very little work places?

community engagement seems high with emphasised public goals

Common goal

People stay in their own "bubbles" without real interaction

More relaxed work in parts of the society

High efficiency

There is a lot of risks

MyData or system data?

Technocraty

AI drives earth

Systems more imporant than humans

National governments still exist, that wages wars

Low tolerance and societal diversity

Politicians are managing "everything"

Too much expectation on public sector, depending on the economy of each municipality.

Thera are enemies of the system meaning it is not good for everyone.

uneven distribution of goods and responsibility creating discontentment uproar

Easy widespread impact

Who controls the government? no focus on the infrastructure (like AI) before but rather only on the soft value and security protection. we need the best from both worlds to make th work

struggle for resources and safety

Not using all resources and knowledge in the community, creating less trust and inclusion

Risk of political unrest

Sterile world

(too?) high level of individualism

Ownership to properties and assets may belong to a few

High level of selfdetermination for the privileged

You are inHarnessing charge collective intelligence opportunities to help those not able to take advantage of the freedom/individualism

Finding you niche community

K-wealth distribution

Freedom of opinion

Make your own future

Poosibilities for more small scale jobs and space independent possibilities for business

do it your self life

Public owned corporations

A lot of individual freedom

exciting to not know what the next thing is going to be

Everything Opportunity is possible to live out you full potential

You can easily shift focus move from one thing to another

you don't get bored

risk of getting a sub community falling outside the loose structured networks

Lack of belonging in the big picture

and what is not can be mixed up.

The market becomes government

Loss of collective culture, empathy, responsibility

Some win many loose

Loss of common values

endless opportunities for the rich and privileged

Opportunities for local solutions fitting to particular circumstances

entrepreneur friendly

Distributedness could make systems less vulnerable

Strong local cultures

pitting people lack of Life is against each social reduced to Week other for scarce systems and resources You are on safety netconnection functions to other Who takes your own people care of the Social unrest may occure if less wellness is unevenly what is real fortunate? distributed

Public health

Democracy

technology supports social connections

Possibilitets for family gatherings across the world

Freedom to determine what you do and how (as an entrepreneur)

death of social market economy?

no safety network

Lack of time off, spare time may be scarce

Overachievers flourish

A few owns a lot Difficulty to impact societal threats

People are dependant on their own initiatives and efforts, and not many public initiatives in the business sector are taken.

Less poosibilities for people lacking skills and education

survival of the fittest, no safety net for the weak

Virtual reality in too big role too much flexibility is creating control problms

Lower growth in echange for quality of life

Local shared value and growth

Easy to start things, not a community lot of formal mindset processes conservation mindset -

Possibility to combine different lifestyles e.g. farmwork and expert work

resources shared

Less world economic growth and solidarity

neotribalism

Intercultural and international exchange is more rare

better harmony with nature

Dependency on local crops and local weather threats can create famine

"Solutions" to market driven demand may only work if the resources are locally available

The commons in focus

A real working fluid democracy

lack of coordination, some things only work at larger scale

we are more

of support from Only works if Lack public sector and important politicians. Unequity everyone since many people liv in than them cities without possibilities buys in to to travel to beatiful spaces for recreation idea

Narrow sighted

Us and them mentality

poor collaboration on critacl global issues, such as climate change and pandemics

Difficult to travel

utopic on a larager scale

Strong national/regional cultures and identities

Creativity and meaningfulness diminishing?

does anyone want to live in this world

People might start building parallel world

Mono cultural

passive citizens

Putting humans at the centre

It is a competitive world (DM:)

Minorities at risk

What is the role of city level?

totalitarian control over citizens

Dugnadsånd: we're all in this together

The Nordic Model has a lot to offer

User-driven technology that supports well-being

Data analytics for accelerating the basis for social trust

New knowledge, science helps us see things in a new way

The word smart cities is missing the human factor - we need to include the people

People-centricity is not enough nature needs to be there too

Competition rules: how to simplify that to enable cocreation

Talking about separate industries - tech requires to broaden the perspective across sectors

Let's leave the slow bureaucracy behind and bring in the agile one

Doing less pilots or trials and instead look what others do sharing more

Starting with the tech when it should be other way around

Smart not only cities with money but rather about mentality

Discussion about climate change and if it's urgent or not

Not funding only new things but funding replications and scale ups

UN Goal 17: Collaboration for solutions

Rural cities as part of "smart city" development

Combining smart cities, citizen engagement and smart use of resources

Adding regions and (public) spaces to smart city concept

Democratic, public and shared spaces in all the Nordic countries - value of the Nordic model

Engaging people as part of the democracy value of the Nordic model

Looking what others hae done across borders and sharing practices

Trust and knowledge collection from stakeholders

Valuing culture more and using it as glue between different organisations

Open, sharing, caring smart leadership as a mentality

Nordics can be better at sharing and competence transfer than others

Other kinds of tools than just text/reports also visual means and arts

Low dependency on import

Finding belonging in a niche community

Efficient local governance

How can the Nordics lead if others cannot replicate because of a lack of finances?

Short implementation time for new ideas, rules, laws...

socialist calculation problem

Work for everybody

You can "make your own future" if your good enough

easy to manage the big picture

Collaboration before competition

Greater beaurocracy and slow progress in society

Its a machine

perhaps savings, but on the expence of quality of life for many

Feeling of clearness and security due to centralised governance

opportunity to live and work with similar minded people

Feels very despotic.

Energy efficient Difficult to challenge the networks or their knowledge

Cold - less human interaction

forcing environmental regulations necessary to maintain liveable climate and ecosystems

efficiency

Dependent on good infrastructure

Life is becoming boring in long run

Lack of tech giants power over social engagement governments risk of 'decoupling' from community, culture,the common 'we'

easier to control distribution of resources when everyone has the same scheme

Possible to design good co-creation methods and tools to have a balance in powerstructures, and secure broad knowledge

reduces transport needs

Freedom within boundarys

Establish democratic & collaborative networks

We keep our identity and feeling of control

life is convenient

common values being lost

Hormone levels surveillance = Biopower

Ironies of automation

Isolation; lack of community

Less Friction

Less sickness

efficient and personalised services

little physical interaction between people

poor transparency of data rights

No need to meet or interact with Freedom of people movement physically

Own roots and local history play a big role

Inclusive society.

Good for everyone

BeingParanoid surveilance local connected everywhere domcracy Human value nature and beyond tech in productivity harmony Localised world, not a global world.

Polarized society, lack of understanding between social groups

Uncoordinated responses to global events

Local solutions to match the needs

New values high on the agenda

Health is a central value

closeness to nature

Poor organisation and waste

We know what we are doing but not what they are doing.

Substantial innovation

Sustainable, local lifestyle

Value of past knowledge

Do big cities exist?

The idea that the only alternative to economic growth is recession

Silo mindset

monotonous work (That can be automated or does not have meaning or purpose)

The idea of linear growth

Small world entering in local community

Is it possible to go on adventures or explore things outside one's own community?

friction nationalism/war /neotribalism/sectarianism

poverty and inequality

Donald T

racism

Sense and feeling of belonging to a community

"war of tribes" Difficulty to acheive global impact when needed

We need to leave behind the use and throw away mentality

Both social and economic growth

We have started to think differently about growth

Working with a scale that can be testet

Transparency

social safety net

Infrastructure policy

Be inspired by the Nordic Model of Equal Opportunities

Sustainability

Life cycle assessment

community control of resources

FN's Global Goals

meaningful workpurpose/mission

ecological devastation. the extractive model

corporate commercialisation of data

knowledge, culture, history

open source (open innovation, data, less vendor lock in)

personal control of data, potential modular divisions of data

regenerative

Politcal instability

The growing gaps between rural/ central, rich/ poor

Conversation bubbles and silos

Values that are based on distributed power and societal value creation

Fake news

Eco chambers

Centralised systems of health

car centric cities

possibilities for citizen engagement in urban development

Risk taking and experimenting

bottom up forces

Risk taking, testing out new things, not only because we are forced to

from people to planet centricity

Using digital tools in a positive way

Market driving empowering citizens

Collaborate more

Continue the progress in public participation

Trust

What do we take with us from 2020 and why?

Word frequency query

What do we take with us from 2020 and why?

Word frequency query § Nordic § The Nordic Model: associated with a human-centered approach, public engagement, common good, inclusiveness, trust, democratic processes. § Smart § To be smart should involve rural areas and regenerative + sustainable solutions § Data § Personal control of data to build trust, transparency in use of data § Use of data analytics in terms of understanding democratic processes § Knowledge § Collaborating and sharing knowledge and learnings across boarders transferring from cities, regions to rural communities. § Open source principles in terms of data and learning. § Social § The smart city should include a social safety net and equal opportunities

What do we leave behind from 2020 and why?

Word frequency query

What do we leave behind from 2020 and why?

Word frequency query §

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Cities § The exclusion of rural and poor areas. We should have in mind that solutions also should be scalable to regions and countries which do not have the same resources and budget as the Nordic countries.

Mentality § The throw-away mentality, money and “big city” mentality People § Cities forget the people and the people forget the planet Growth § Linear growth instead of societal values § The idea that the only alternative to economic growth is recession Others § Silo mindset, not thinking about others: a need to share across boarders Smart § Focus on technology instead of the common good and the human factor

Themes related to the most frequent words (visualized)

Humancentered

Nordic

Public engagement and democratic spaces

Focus on money

Mentality Distributed power

Regional and rural solutions

Smart

Equal opportunities and common good

Throwaway mentality

Control of data builds trust Regenerative and sustainable

Data, knowledge

Exclude rural areas

Cities Silo mindset: not transferring solutions

Smart Cities forget people

People forget the planet Open source, innovation, sharing

Too much focus on linear growth

People

Overall themes and values Based discussions and mural board Method explained Based on the data from the mural board, the group discussions and the reflections from the workshop, we have identified seven central themes that represent what the participants consider most important to bring to 2020, and five central themes representing what they think should be left behind.

Whereas the word cloud-analysis is based on raw data, these themes and the following explanations are also based on our interpretation of the participants’ discussions and plenary presentation. This led to seven overall themes

What do we bring (+) and what do we leave behind (-) in the present Smart City Model?

The gap between rural and urban, rich and poor

Smart Communities: including the rural regions

A planet centered perspective

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Bottom up approaches and distributed power Personal control of data

Technology to support social economy

Silo mindset Collaboration and open source across boarders

Citizen engagement and empowerment

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The idea of linear growth People centricity that forgets nature Putting technology before people

The seven overall themes explored & expanded Based on the input from the workshop discussions

Smart Communities including the rural regions “Smart City” seen as a self-limiting term: It excludes those living in rural areas. The smart city-goals of reducing cost and resource consumption, increasing contact between citizens, enterprises and government are universally applicable. Participants objected that regions and shared spaces should be added to the Smart City concept:

“We should not only talk about smart cities with money, but rather about a mentality and rural solutions to the smart city.”

Bottom up approach and distributed power The Nordic Model was praised for its human centered approach, for putting people first when developing high technology and sustainable solutions. Community and (grass root) organizations voices should systematically be incorporated throughout a smart cities project lifecycle.

Citizen engagement and empowerment Possibilities for citizens to be involved in urban development. Creating a frame for citizens to start their own initiatives that contribute to smart city goals.

Technology that supports the social economy Participants overall agreed that it is an important (and a very Nordic) value to do something for the common good. New technology should be user-driven and should be used to support citizen well-being.

A planet centered perspective Even though people centricity was praised, participants mentioned that we are at a point where the planet/nature need to be prioritized as well.

“People-centricity is not enough - nature needs to be there too�

Collaboration and open source across boarders Two levels: 1) collaboration between citizens, government and enterprises, 2) collaboration across boarders. We should not settle for developing smart solutions in the big cities, knowledge and approaches should be transferred and outsourced.

“We should look at what others do and transfer information, our own learnings and knowledge"

Personal control of data Personal control of data to build trust and create transparency in use of data