Unveiling smart city implementation challenges: The case of Ghent

Information Polity

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-19

  Van Den Bergh, Joachim ^a   Viaene, Stijn ^b  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

city administration; implementation challenges; IT enabled transformation; public services; Smart city

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959184279     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-150370     Document Type: Article

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