The digital skin of cities: Urban theory and research in the age of the sensored and metered city, ubiquitous computing and big data

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-42

  Rabari, Chirag ^a   Storper, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Big data; smart cities; social science; urban research; urban theory

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 84936771692     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsu021     Document Type: Article

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