How 'smart' are Japanese Cities? An empirical investigation of infrastructures and governmental programs in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, and Kyoto

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2015-March, Issue , 2015, Pages 2345-2354

  Fietkiewicz, Kaja Joanna ^a   Stock, Wolfgang G ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Informational City; Japan; Knowledge Society; Kyoto; Osaka; Smart City; Tokyo; Yokohama

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

INFORMATIONAL CITY; JAPAN; KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY; KYOTO; OSAKA; TOKYO; YOKOHAMA;

SMART CITY;

EID: 84944223265     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2015.282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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