City Indicators on Social Sustainability as Standardization Technologies for Smarter (Citizen-Centered) Governance of Cities

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1193-1216

  Marsal Llacuna, Maria Lluïsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citizenship rights; City indicators; Smart cities; Social sustainability; Standardization; Urban policies

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SMART CITY; STAKEHOLDER; STANDARDIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN POLICY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84939817263     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-1075-6     Document Type: Article

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