How to plan current complexity in cities? How to create dynamic tools for decision-making processes based on information obtained from the citizens?
Current technology allows people to be permanently connected at a digital level, creating an enormous amount of data. While private entities use this information to improve their products and create new proposals based on user needs, cities have had more difficulties to create regulations and plans on par with the dynamism of contemporary events. The governance system of cities must evolve into a bottom-up design with inclusive policies based on social value and problems found at a local scale in urban life. The so-called Information Society should develop systems to transfer information in a transparent, immediate manner. Thus, citizen participation becomes a key factor for decentralization of decision-making and project implementation.
