Increasing collaboration and participation in smart city governance: a cross-case analysis of smart city initiatives

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 526-553

  Viale Pereira, Gabriela ^a,b   Cunha, Maria Alexandra ^b   Lampoltshammer, Thomas J ^a   Parycek, Peter ^a   Testa, Maurício Gregianin ^c  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^b FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

center of operations; collaborative governance; information sharing; Smart city; smart governance

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

CENTER OF OPERATIONS; COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCES; EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; INFORMATION SHARING; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS; SMART GOVERNANCE;

SMART CITY;

EID: 85025178078     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2017.1353946     Document Type: Article

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