Nuove tecnologie, comportamenti individuali e stili di vita : il ruolo delle comunità locali nella realizzazione della smart city

The paper deals with demands of urban regeneration and local communities aspirations, drawing on the notion of smart city. It offers a trans-disciplinary methodological framework, mobilizing social and technology studies, to support the smart city as a new alliance between environmental sustainability and human activities. The paper is based on a research work carried out by the authors in Naples about life styles and energy consumption reduction strategies.