Unplugging: Deconstructing the smart city

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-43

  Calzada, Igor ^a   Cobo, Cristobal ^b  

^a BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digital social divide; hyper connected societies; smart city; social innovation; unplugging

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 84928699354     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2014.971535     Document Type: Article

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