E-deliberation 2.0 for smart cities: A critical assessment of two 'idea generation' cases

International Journal of Electronic Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-98

  Mechant, Peter ^a   Stevens, Isabelle ^a   Evens, Tom ^a   Verdegem, Pieter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Crowdsourcing; Digital city; E deliberation; Idea evaluation; Idea generation; Ideation; Open innovation; Opportunity identification; Smart city; Ubiquitous city; User centric methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885042615     PISSN: 17427509     EISSN: 17427517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2012.047441     Document Type: Article

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