IEEE Access (Jan 2024)
Smarter World Living Lab as an Integrated Approach: Learning How to Improve Quality of Life
Abstract
Implementing smart city projects, encompassing various solutions, addresses urban challenges like traffic, environment, and security. Despite common issues in their effectiveness, this study suggests a living lab approach for smart city development goals. It introduces DDG (Dago. Dipatiukur, and Ganesha) area as an integrated service area, detailing how economic, safety, security, and environmental issues are addressed through this holistic living lab strategy. This research aims to harmonize technological and non-technological innovation to enhance quality of life. It addresses Indonesia’s technology gaps as a developing country and leverages its strengths in community-building at the societal level. Aligned with the living lab approach, the successful outcome of this research could pave the way for future technological innovations (e.g., new sensors, applications) and non-technological innovations (e.g., enhanced educational approaches). The living lab research area can be expanded or upgraded to a city scale in the future, requiring coordinated efforts among academics, society, government, etc., including technological feature enhancements. A successful DDG living lab enhances life quality in four stages: planning, construction, operation, and evaluation. Integrating tech and non-tech approaches, prioritizing innovation, community involvement, and literacy is crucial for digitalizing MSMEs, improving mobility safety, and efficient waste-based environmental management. This research successfully integrates technological and non-technological elements to enhance people’s lives, utilizing simple sensors at the developmental stage. The cost-effective platform aligns with community-based educational or literacy activities, proving to be an economical approach that conserves government funding. Those responsible for policy can further develop this simple and cost-effective approach.
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