Digital Infrastructures and Urban Governance

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 20-31

  Barns, Sarah ^a   Cosgrave, Ellie ^b   Acuto, Michele ^b   Mcneill, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

broadband; digital infrastructure; digital strategy; open data; policy mobility; public sector information; regional development; Smart cities; smart cities; urban governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006855453     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2016.1235032     Document Type: Article

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