Smart cities and green growth: Outsourcing democratic and environmental resilience to the global technology sector

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 803-819

  Viitanen, Jenni ^a   Kingston, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Democracy; Future cities; ICT; Smart cities

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; HEGEMONY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN POLITICS;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84938292153     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a46242     Document Type: Article

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