Smart sustainable cities of the future: An extensive interdisciplinary literature review

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 183-212

  Bibri, Simon Elias ^a   Krogstie, John ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Big data analytics; Computing; ICT; Planning; Smart cities; Smart sustainable cities; Sustainable cities; Sustainable development goals; Sustainable urban forms; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; COMPUTATION THEORY; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

COMPUTING; DATA ANALYTICS; SUSTAINABLE CITIES; URBAN FORM; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

SMART CITY;

EID: 85015900713     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2017.02.016     Document Type: Review

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