Developing the PlanIT valley: A view on the governance and societal embedding of u-eco city pilots

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-125

  Carvalho, Luís ^a   Campos, João Bruno ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Planning; Portugal; Smart city; Societal embedding; Sustainability transitions; U eco city

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878402710     PISSN: 20404468     EISSN: 20404476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKBD.2013.054089     Document Type: Article

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