Developing a critical understanding of smart urbanism?

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2105-2116

  Luque Ayala, Andrés ^a   Marvin, Simon ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cities; critical; digital; smart urbanism

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FRAGMENTATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL CHANGE; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84938485917     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015577319     Document Type: Article

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