Does participatory sensing improve neighborhood trust in smart-city pilots?
Open question: when residents co-own sensor data governance, does reported trust in place stewardship increase?
Why it matters
Smart-city deployments often fail on legitimacy; participatory sensing may alter the cybernetic loop.
Current evidence
Mixed observational reports; few longitudinal studies with governance co-design.
What would strengthen the evidence
- Longitudinal cohort studies with explicit governance comparison
- Documented contestation and remediation pathways