Smart cities: Concepts, perceptions and lessons for planners

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn 213, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-168

  Ching, Tuan Yee ^a   Ferreira, Joseph ^b  

^a The URA Centre   (Singapore)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSTERDAM; LEARNING AND ADAPTATION; SAN FRANCISCO; SECONDARY SOURCES; SINGAPORE; SMART CITIES; SMART MACHINES; STOCKHOLM;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84937408817     PISSN: 18632351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-18368-8_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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