The citizen in the smart city. How the smart city could transform citizenship

IT - Information Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 263-

  De Waal, Martijn ^a   Dignum, Marloes ^b  

^a AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Civicmedia; Smart cities; Smart citizens; Urban informatics

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS);

COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY; CONSUMER CHOICE; HEURISTIC SCHEMES; ON POTENTIALS; POLICY MAKERS; SILICON VALLEY; TECHNOLOGY VENDORS;

SMART CITY;

EID: 85048083190     PISSN: 16112776     EISSN: 21967032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/itit-2017-0012     Document Type: Article

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