Framework orientado à gestão da arborização de vias públicas para cidades inteligentes e sustentáveis

Abstract

Smart cities use information and communication technology (ICT) to provide advanced and innovative services to their citizens. The environmental dimension is an intrinsic part of the application of the concept of smart and sustainable cities in the management of urban space. However, although researchers have attempted to establish relationships between SSC and environmental management, recent studies denote that, specifically, the relationship between SSC and urban forestry practices is little explored. The objective of this research is to structure a conceptual and operational framework oriented to the management of street afforestation for smart and sustainable cities, from the perspective of information and communication technology. To fulfill this objective, a systematic literature review (SLR) was carried out to identify critical factors related to the management of urban afforestation and to establish relationships between these factors and their implementation in SSC with the use of ICT. The framework was divided into two layers, one layer emphasizing the information and communication technology components and another layer addressing planning and maintenance procedures for the afforestation of public streets. Subsequently, the framework was validated and received contributions from experts through the application of the Delphi method. The results showed significant agreement of experts in relation to the framework developed. After validation, a new version of the framework was proposed with the addition of a new component and highlighting the most relevant components identified. Also, a web application and a mobile application were developed to demonstrate the applicability of some concepts presented in the framework. A focus group divided into two meetings was carried out with the aim of validating the use of the developed software. The opinions and contributions of users about the evaluated software were reported in this research and can serve as a basis for the development of other technology solutions that seek to solve problems in the same domain. This research aims to contribute to a better understanding of the factors of urban afforestation management that can be optimized by applying the concept of smart and sustainable cities. The results can support municipal managers in the creation and implementation of public policies, as part of the environmental management of cities in the context of afforestation of public streets, using information and communication technologies. Furthermore, it is expected that the research will contribute to the literature in understanding the diffuse concept of smart and sustainable cities and its correlation with the environmental dimension, urban afforestation and enabling technologies.