Creating Smart Neighborhoods: Insights from Two Low-Carbon Communities in Sheffield and Leeds, United Kingdom

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 19-41

  Viitanen, Jenni ^a   Connell, Paul ^b   Tommis, Martine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Actuated Futures   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

energy efficiency; ICTs; innovation; neighborhood; smart

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ENGLAND; LEEDS [ENGLAND]; LEEDS [LEEDS (DST)]; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; SHEFFIELD [SHEFFIELD (DST)]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84938287784     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2014.971537     Document Type: Article

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