A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Digital Cities and the Brazilian Index of Digital Cities: Analysis of Curitiba, the First-Ranked City

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 37-48

  Duarte, Fábio ^a   Figueiredo, Frederico de Carvalho ^a   Leite, Leonardo ^a   Rezende, Denis Alcides ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

accessibility; Brazilian ranking of digital cities; communicability; connectivity; Curitiba; Digital city

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUNICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIGITIZATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; RANKING; SOCIAL NETWORK; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL; CURITIBA; PARANA [BRAZIL];

EID: 84907912123     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2014.940709     Document Type: Article

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