Much Ado About Something? An Appraisal of the Relationship Between Smart City and Smart Specialisation Policies

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 129-143

  Caragliu, Andrea ^a   Del Bo, Chiara ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

long run development; policy appraisal; regional growth; smart city; smart specialisation strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021787685     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12272     Document Type: Article

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