The governance of smart cities: A systematic literature review

Cities

Volumn 81, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-23

  Ruhlandt, Robert Wilhelm Siegfried ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Smart City; Smart governance

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; RESEARCH WORK; SMART CITY;

EID: 85048882336     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2018.02.014     Document Type: Article

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