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Anti-disciplinary research on how to investigate poverty using the smart city concept

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  • Pira, Milad

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Investigating a multidimensional phenomenon is always a challenge for researchers and decision-makers. This will be more drastic if the main objective is addressing a multifaceted social issue such as poverty. Smart city is a rich urban concept that offers several technological and non-technological solutions for socio-economic challenges. Smart city is also a multidimensional phenomenon which makes more impediments for a study to address another multidimensional discipline. Anti-disciplinary approaches offer a unique process to connect two unfamiliar multifaceted concepts. The current research aims to investigate poverty by using the smart city concept through an anti-disciplinary approach by reviewing all components of smart city and poverty-reduction projects. The results will be based on Ito’s ten propositions for an anti-disciplinary study which include a variety of practical and conceptual factors. The findings suggest these propositions as guidelines to assist researchers and policymakers to use the smart city concept to explore root causes of poverty, to invite all key stakeholders to share their ideas and recommendations, to empower vulnerable women, youths, and single parents, to adopt innovative solutions, as well as to utilize new tools and devices to assure successful outcomes.

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  • Pira, Milad, 2025. "Anti-disciplinary research on how to investigate poverty using the smart city concept," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:epplan:v:111:y:2025:i:c:s0149718925000837
    DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102616
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