ABSTRACT
This chapter explores Lisbon's open data initiative to understand how the open data agenda has unfolded in Portugal's capital city. The open data initiatives in Lisbon began in 2011 and were driven by the municipality's transparency and participation agenda. The chapter briefly reviews the early developments of open data in cities and how their rationales have evolved in recent years and become situated in different urban agendas. It also explores how these ongoing changes have played out in the case of Lisbon. The chapter summarises the findings and highlights some issues in relation to open data development in cities, and smart urbanisation more generally. The re-situating of open data within broader platform strategies and the focus on data-driven 'solutions' to urban problems has highlighted new types of actors. The case of open data development in Lisbon raises a number of additional considerations and open questions.
