Competitive urbanism and the limits to smart city innovation: The UK Future Cities initiative

Urban Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 501-519

  Taylor Buck, Nick ^a   While, Aidan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capacity; competition; innovation; neoliberal urbanism; smart cities; UK

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); GOVERNMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; MARKET SYSTEM; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SMART CITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85009517288     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015597162     Document Type: Article

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