Smart and sustainable? Five tensions in the visions and practices of the smart-sustainable city in Europe and North America

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 133, Issue , 2018, Pages 269-278

  Martin, Chris J ^a   Evans, James ^b   Karvonen, Andrew ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Practices; Smart cities; Smart sustainability; Sustainable development; Sustainable urban development; Visions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SMART CITY; URBAN GROWTH; VISION;

CORPORATE CONTROL; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; PRACTICES; SUSTAINABLE CITIES; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85041373193     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.01.005     Document Type: Note

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