An investigation of IBM's Smarter Cites Challenge: What do participating cities want?

Cities

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 70-80

  Alizadeh, Tooran ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

IBM; Local government; Planning; Smart city; Smarter Cities Challenge

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SMART CITY; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 85010189090     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2016.12.009     Document Type: Article

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