Human limitations to introduction of smart cities: Comparative analysis from two cee cities*

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 2016, Issue 47E, 2016, Pages 80-96

  Klimovský, Daniel ^a,b   Pinterič, Uroš ^c   Šaparnienė, Diana ^d  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^d IAULIAI UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Participation; Privacy issues; Slovakia; Slovenia; Smart cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958977853     PISSN: 18422845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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