Winning the SDG battle in cities: how an integrated information ecosystem can contribute to the achievement of the 2030 sustainable development goals

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 427-461

  Corbett, Jacqueline ^a   Mellouli, Sehl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

green IS; grounded theory; information system ecosystem; smart city; sustainability; sustainable development goals

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; GREEN IS; GROUNDED THEORY; INTEGRATED INFORMATIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; REAL-WORLD SCENARIO; SUSTAINABLE CITIES; TARGET ACTIVITY;

SMART CITY;

EID: 85011360776     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isj.12138     Document Type: Article

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