Making smart cities work in the face of conflicts: Lessons from practitioners of South Korea's U-City projects

Town Planning Review

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 561-585

  Kim, Joon Sik ^a  

^a XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collaborative approach; Planning practice; Smart cities; Smart infrastructure; U City

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PLANNING PRACTICE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84948428203     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.2015.33     Document Type: Article

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