Smart cities, social capital, and citizens at play: A critique and a way forward

Research Handbooks on Digital Transformations

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 203-221

  Foth, Marcus ^a   Hudson Smith, Andrew ^b   Gifford, Dean ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Preliminal Games ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84963498618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781784717766     Document Type: Chapter

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