Abstract
Urbanization continues to gather pace creating wicked problems. Waste management is one such issue which is incongruent to the ambition of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities. This paper draws on two case studies of local councils, Canterbury-Bankstown in Australia and Christchurch in New Zealand, to discuss how the councils are tackling the international waste management challenge as part of their creative smart city programs. In doing so, the paper identifies lessons that shine the light on the use of technology and data, funding, community, and government engagement.
Highlights
Today, over 55% of the world’s population live in cities, while in Oceania 68% is urbanized
Over 55% of the world’s population live in cities, while in Oceania 68% is urbanized. These numbers are projected to grow to over 70% in the coming decades, and cities will produce much more than 70% of the world’s economic output (United United Nations, 2018)
One of the key features of wicked problems (WPs) is that they account for the needs and wants of multiple stakeholders, who can in turn be decision makers and solution providers and have different views on how a WP should be addressed (Van Zanten & Van Tulder, 2018)
Summary
Over 55% of the world’s population live in cities, while in Oceania 68% is urbanized. In some parts of the world the idea of smart cities 3.0 is starting to take shape, which is ground-up, i.e., collaborative governance processes, strong relationships between private sector, the community, industry, and innovation are co-creating smart cities programs and novel ways of addressing challenges. Despite these developments, the concept of smart cities is sometimes subject to different interpretations (Bibri & Krogstie, 2017). This paper draws on the experiences of CanterburyBankstown in Australia and Christchurch in New Zealand, to take stock of recent developments that have emerged from the smart cities programs in tackling waste management and how these efforts are aiding the SDG agenda. The primary target audience of this paper are councils and policymakers in different cities
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