Constructing the sustainable city: examining the role of sustainability in the ‘smart city’ discourse

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 423-437

  Haarstad, Håvard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

contextualization; discourse; European Union; Smart city; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992043900     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2016.1245610     Document Type: Article

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