Do Smart Cities Invest in Smarter Policies? Learning From the Past, Planning for the Future

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 657-672

  Caragliu, Andrea ^a   Del Bo, Chiara F ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

policy determinants; policy evaluation; policy intensity; smart city; smart city policy; urban smartness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992659566     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439315610843     Document Type: Article

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