Modelling the smart city performance

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-149

  Lombardi, Patrizia ^a   Giordano, Silvia ^a   Farouh, Hend ^b   Yousef, Wael ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Utilities and Urban Communities   (Egypt)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Analytic Network Process; smart city components; triple helix approach

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY MAKING; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860327437     PISSN: 13511610     EISSN: 14698412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2012.660325     Document Type: Review

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