Abstract
Smart cities have the potential to reduce socio-spatial barriers and foster place-belongingness among citizens. However, this potential remains largely unmapped. We conducted a literature review to address this gap. Our findings suggest that promoting inclusive dynamics and emphasizing urban identity are key strategies for supporting place-belongingness in smart cities. Additionally, digital platforms and information and communication technologies (ICTs), gamification, crowdsensing, urban heritage technologies, and digital placemaking are the most popular digital tools used to achieve this. This literature review indicates that place-belongingness is underexplored in smart city studies, and further research is needed to fully understand the potential of smart cities to support place-belongingness.
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Mohseni, H., Correia, A., Silvennoinen, J., Kujala, T., Kärkkäinen, T. (2025). Strategies and Tools to Support Place-Belongingness in Smart Cities. In: Plácido da Silva, H., Cipresso, P. (eds) Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications. CHIRA 2024. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2370. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82633-7_25
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