Smart City Pilot Projects: Exploring the Dimensions and Conditions of Scaling Up

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 51-72

  van Winden, Willem ^a   van den Buuse, Daniel ^a  

^a AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

governance; innovation projects; Smart cities; technology management; upscaling; urban technology

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMART CITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; UPSCALING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SERVICE;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

EID: 85029435796     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2017.1348884     Document Type: Article

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