Achieving smart sustainable cities with GeoICT support: The Saudi evolving smart cities

Cities

Volumn 71, Issue , 2017, Pages 49-58

  Aina, Yusuf A ^a  

^a YANBU INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

GeoICT; Geospatial technologies; Smart cities; Spatial enablement; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; SMART CITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 85030457952     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.07.007     Document Type: Article

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