The alignment of University curricula with the building of a Smart City: A case study from Barcelona

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 123, Issue , 2017, Pages 298-306

  Grimaldi, Didier ^a   Fernandez, Vicenc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emerging technologies; Innovation; Science of cities; Smart City services; University curricula

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; CURRICULA; SMART CITY; URBAN GROWTH;

BARCELONA; CASE-STUDIES; COMPLEXITY THEORY; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; INNOVATION; INTERPRETIVIST; SCIENCE OF CITY; SMART CITY SERVICE; THEORETICAL STRUCTURE; UNIVERSITY CURRICULA;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

CURRICULUM; INNOVATION; SMART CITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84961892009     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.03.011     Document Type: Article

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