Smart City Implementation Through Shared Vision of Social Innovation for Environmental Sustainability: A Case Study of Kitakyushu, Japan

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 757-773

  Chatfield, Akemi Takeoka ^a   Reddick, Christopher G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

case study; citizen centric e governance; environmental sustainability; Japan; resource dependence theory; smart city; social embeddedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992609063     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439315611085     Document Type: Article

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