Assessing Stakeholder Preferences in Urban Planning  A MultiAttribute Utility Approach In urban planning, decision makers often need to take a variety of aspects into account, including stakeholder attitudes. The purpose of this paper is to compare how decision makers and the public assess different criteria in an urban planning project. The study was carried out through interviews and a survey about an urban planning project. By compiling data using multiattribute utility theory, it was possible to reveal similarities and differences between the decision makers and the public. The findings reveal that the perceived value of the project differed greatly between these two perspectives: The publicu0027s opinion was closer to a status quo perspective, while the decision makers were more optimistic about the project. While some of the differences can partly be explained by uncertainty about the project and the criteria, the results reveal the importance of including the public in an early stage of these initiatives. Furthermore, the multiattribute utility approach is a useful tool for compiling assessments, but additional data is needed for gaining further understanding of stakeholder preferences. Therefore, a mixedmethods approach to collecting stakeholder preferences is suggested.

Smart city initiatives: Designing a projectlevel smart value assessment instrument While the smart city gains global attention as a popular umbrella term for digitally enabled sustainable city development, city ad ministrations are faced with the managerial challenge that comes with a strategic digital transformation. Smart city projects form the frontline of smart city strategies. In these smart projects, cities find a way to implement the principles of the smart city. Many of these are highvisibility projects with substantial budget implications, and therefore require scrutiny by means of a formal selection and evaluation process. In this researchinprogress paper we propose the outline for a projectlevel smart value assessment instrument. The instrument should serve at the same time as a tool for smart city managers to assess and plan upfront how a project will con tribute to reach the cityxe2x80x99s smart city ambition, as well as a post factum evaluation. The conceptual instrument has been developed in actiondesign research mode in collaboration with practitioners in the city of Brisbane, Australia and is demonstrated by mapping four smart city initiatives in different international contexts.