The Role of Smart City Characteristics in the Plans of Fifteen Cities

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 3-28

  Angelidou, Margarita ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

governance; policy; Smart cities; strategy; urban development

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; SMART CITY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN SYSTEM;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; BRAZIL; CATALONIA; CHICAGO; ENGLAND; ILLINOIS; INCHEON [SOUTH KOREA]; LONDON [ENGLAND]; MASDAR; NETHERLANDS; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH HOLLAND; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; RIO DE JANEIRO [RIO DE JANEIRO (STT)]; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SONGDO; SOUTH KOREA; SPAIN; STOCKHOLM [STOCKHOLM (CNT)]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027861271     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2017.1348880     Document Type: Article

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