Making sense of smart cities: Addressing present shortcomings

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 131-136

  Kitchin, Rob ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

critical scholarship; empirical research; smart cities; theory

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; THEORY; URBAN SERVICE;

EID: 84926393361     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsu027     Document Type: Review

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