Smart Cities Governance: The Need for a Holistic Approach to Assessing Urban Participatory Policy Making

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 724-739

  Castelnovo, Walter ^a   Misuraca, Gianluca ^b   Savoldelli, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

evaluation; governance; performance management; policy making; smart cities; social impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992645474     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439315611103     Document Type: Article

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