How are citizens involved in smart cities? Analysing citizen participation in Japanese "smart Communities"

Information Polity

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 61-76

  Granier, Benoit ^a   Kudo, Hiroko ^b  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acceptance; co production; Japan; participation; Smart city; smart community

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959188768     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-150367     Document Type: Article

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