De las smart cities a los smart citizens: La ciudadania frente a la tecnologia en la construccion de resiliencia urbana
Two concepts related to sustainability that have gained popularity in the last years are smart cities and resilient cities. Smart cities promotes the use of information and communication technologies to improve quality of life and sustainability in cities, while resilient cities focus on the capacity of the city and its inhabitants to adapt to changes. The inclusion of the expression smart citizens to emphasize a city cannot be smart without the intelligence of its citizens brings the concepts of smart cities and resilient cities closer. In this paper I briefly review the different meanings of the three concepts. Through the example of community urban allotments I explain how citizens, and not technology, must be protagonist in building resilience.