Municipal WiFi and interactive displays: Appropriation of new technologies in public urban spaces

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-160

  Ylipulli, Johanna ^a   Suopajärvi, Tiina ^a   Ojala, Timo ^a   Kostakos, Vassilis ^a   Kukka, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Appropriation; Municipal WiFi; Public displays; Public space; Smart cities; Ubiquitous computing; Urban space

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WI-FI;

APPROPRIATION; PUBLIC DISPLAY; PUBLIC SPACE; SMART CITIES; URBAN SPACES;

URBAN PLANNING;

INTERNET; MODELING; PUBLIC SPACE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

FINLAND; OULU [FINLAND];

EID: 85027933534     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.08.037     Document Type: Article

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