Creating smarter cities: Considerations for selecting online participatory tools

Cities

Volumn 67, Issue , 2017, Pages 21-30

  Afzalan, Nader ^a   Sanchez, Thomas W ^b   Evans Cowley, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Community; Online participation; Organization; Tool

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLANNING THEORY; SMART CITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 85018249119     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.04.002     Document Type: Article

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