Smart cities and urban data platforms: Designing interfaces for smart governance

City, Culture and Society

Volumn 12, Issue , 2018, Pages 5-12

  Barns, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Open data; Smart cities; Strategic planning; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035130327     PISSN: 18779166     EISSN: 18779174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccs.2017.09.006     Document Type: Article

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