Urban Infrastructure, Imagination and Politics: from the Networked Metropolis to the Smart City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 263-275

  Picon, Antoine ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

engineering; imagination; infrastructure; network; smart cities

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INFRASTRUCTURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; SMART CITY; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 85043717486     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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