Defining and assessing the transformational nature of smart city governance: insights from four European cases

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 20-37

  Nesti, Giorgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

citizen participation; collaborative innovation; governance; New Public Governance; smart cities

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; SMART CITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; AUSTRIA; BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SPAIN; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN; VIENNA;

EID: 85045004892     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852318757063     Document Type: Article

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