From Open Data to Smart City Governing Innovation in the Rennes Metropolitan Area (France)

Marie-Anaïs Le Breton, Mathilde Girardeau, Helene Bailleul

OAI: oai:igi-global.com:279269 • DOI: 10.4018/IJEPR.20211001.oa2

This article is the result of an action-research carried out on the territory of the Rennes metropolis (SmartRennes project). The authors propose a description and analysis of the governance of the smart city based on qualitative approach. Contrary to the idea of a centralised smart city strongly managed by one public actor, they note that the Rennes-style smart city is the result of governance distributed between different poles. They provide complementary methods of description of this governance: a historical vision of smart city actions and measures, an analysis of the values and issues raised by the stakeholders, and a network analysis of governance. Based on qualitative surveys, these results demonstrate the value of a monographic approach in the study of urban innovation and smart city.

Urban & Regional Development Science and Engineering Civil Engineering