Where all begins

Cities increasingly need active citizens who are familiar with the processes and must be people with the ability of problem solving independently.

The traditional approach relies heavily on civic leadership but there is a general assumption that citizens participate in the process in complete autonomy. This does not happen frequently.

Relationship between real and virtual in Smart Cities

The idea of ​​smart cities is increasingly becoming a global theme as it reflects the relationship between technology and collective intelligence of a city, to obtain a better quality of life. Our cities are subjected to continuous innovations that extend far beyond the imagination of individuals. They are intelligent bodies. And they are invaluable assets in terms of human relations and knowledge. So we need to think more deeply about how to systematise this knowledge and these relationships in a smarter way. It’s time for Smart Cities.

The virtual territories are becoming more and more inhabited thanks to the global spread of social networks and the difference between virtual and real life world is increasingly becoming blurred. We are what we write, we are the events we attend, we are the photos we take. Thanks to geolocation, we frequently share our location, what are doing on real time due to social networks that we use.

This project will further enable connection between these territories; social relationships, personal commitment and civic actions, to build a system of virtual relationships between social actors involved: citizens, organizations, social network users and government.

THE IDEA

We decided to create a georeferenced app that combines a game with a social reward that deals with the problems in a particular city, giving every citizen the opportunity to start and complete a mission, asking for help from their community e.g. friends, relatives, colleagues, neighburs.

Missions can be simple or complex, socialite or creative, structured or improvised, ranging from the classic “clean up the park” to “create a shared urban garden”, touching many different themes and needs of a city and its citizens, trying to work on critical issues and putting each one together thanks to a system of “social recognition”. This will put citizens in a position to be active participants in their own territory.

Concerning urban issues:

Social, Environment, Sustainable Mobility, Participation, Urban Gardens, Sustainability, Transportation, Waste and recycling, Culture and protection of cultural heritage, Reading, Education, Elderly, Health, Immigration, Energy, Labour, Urban Sharing