Smart sustainable cities roadmap: Readiness for transformation towards urban sustainability

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 37, Issue , 2018, Pages 530-540

  Ibrahim, Maysoun ^a   El Zaart, Ali ^a   Adams, Carl ^b  

^a BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City planning; Readiness for change; Roadmap; Smart sustainable cities; Theory of Change; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

READINESS FOR CHANGE; ROADMAP; SUSTAINABLE CITIES; THEORY OF CHANGE; TRANSFORMATION;

SMART CITY;

EID: 85038090361     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2017.10.008     Document Type: Article

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