Technologies of austerity urbanism: the “smart city” agenda in Italy (2011–2013)

Urban Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 514-534

  Pollio, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

austerity; Italy; neoliberal urbanism; smart cities

Indexed keywords

NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; SMART CITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

ITALY;

EID: 84958055112     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2015.1118991     Document Type: Article

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