Citizen Participation and Knowledge Support in Urban Public Energy Transition—A Quadruple Helix Perspective

Peter Nijkamp; Karima Kourtit; Henk Scholten; Esmeralda Willemsen

doi:10.3390/land12020395

Citizen Participation and Knowledge Support in Urban Public Energy Transition—A Quadruple Helix Perspective

Peter Nijkamp^*
, Karima Kourtit
, Henk Scholten
, Esmeralda Willemsen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Climate change, energy transition needs and the current energy crisis have prompted cities to implement far-reaching changes in public energy supply. The present paper seeks to map out the conditions for sustainable energy provision and use, with a particular view to the role of citizens in a quadruple helix context. Citizen participation is often seen as a sine qua non for a successful local or district energy policy in an urban area but needs due scientific and digital support based on evidence-based knowledge (using proper user-oriented techniques such as Q-analysis). The paper sets out to explore the citizen engagement and knowledge base for drastic energy transitions in the city based on the newly developed “diabolo” model, in which in particular digital tools (e.g., dashboards, digital twins) are proposed as useful tools for the interface between citizens and municipal policy. The approach adopted in this paper is empirically illustrated for local energy policy in the city of Rotterdam.

Original language	English
Article number	395
Pages (from-to)	1-17
Number of pages	17
Journal	Land (MDPI)
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020395
Publication status	Published - Feb 2023

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This article belongs to the Special Issue: Public Spaces: Socioeconomic Challenges.

Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the grant from the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, CNCS—UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-1878: Institutions, digitalization and regional development in the European Union, within PNCDI III. They also acknowledge a grant from Royal Dutch Shell, in cooperation with the city of Rotterdam, under the title Rotterdam 3D.

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© 2023 by the authors.

Funding

The authors acknowledge the grant from the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, CNCS—UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-1878: Institutions, digitalization and regional development in the European Union, within PNCDI III. They also acknowledge a grant from Royal Dutch Shell, in cooperation with the city of Rotterdam, under the title Rotterdam 3D.

Funders	Funder number
Romanian Ministry of Research
Shell
Corporation for National and Community Service
European Commission
Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii	PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-1878
Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

citizen participation
diabolo model
digital tools
knowledge filters
Q-analysis
quadruple helix
urban energy transition

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