Geographic Information Science I: Why does a smart city need to be spatially enabled?

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 703-711

  Roche, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

citizen sensor; digital city; GIScience; intelligent city; live city; open city; smart city; spatial enablement; spatial skills

Indexed keywords

GIS; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84911981032     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: 14770288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132513517365     Document Type: Article

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