Being a ‘citizen’ in the smart city: up and down the scaffold of smart citizen participation in Dublin, Ireland

GeoJournal

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 1-13

  Cardullo, Paolo ^a   Kitchin, Rob ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Citizens; Citizenship; Engagement; Participation; Rights; Smart city

Indexed keywords

SCAFFOLDS;

CITIZENS; CITIZENSHIP; ENGAGEMENT; PARTICIPATION; RIGHTS;

SMART CITY;

AUTONOMY; CITIZENSHIP; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPOWERMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; PLANNING PROCESS; SMART CITY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

DUBLIN [(CTY) LEINSTER]; IRELAND; LEINSTER;

EID: 85041824191     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: 15729893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-018-9845-8     Document Type: Article

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