An urban ecology critique on the “Smart City” model

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 164, Issue , 2017, Pages 95-101

  Colding, Johan ^a,b   Barthel, Stephan ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; PERSONAL INTEGRITY; PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN GOVERNANCE; URBAN PLANNERS; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SECURITY;

SMART CITY;

EID: 85027512016     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.191     Document Type: Letter

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