Smartness and European urban performance: Assessing the local impacts of smart urban attributes

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-113

  Caragliu, Andrea ^a   Del Bo, Chiara ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

cities; smartness; urban performance

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EUROPEAN UNION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY APPROACH; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84860333506     PISSN: 13511610     EISSN: 14698412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2012.660323     Document Type: Article

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