Understanding smart cities as a glocal strategy: A comparison between Italy and China

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 142, Issue , 2019, Pages 26-41

  Dameri, Renata Paola ^a   Benevolo, Clara ^a   Veglianti, Eleonora ^b   Li, Yaya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b SECTION OF MATHEMATICS   (Italy)

^c JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Glocalization; Italy; Smart city; Societal change; Urban strategy

Indexed keywords

URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; GLOCALIZATION; ITALY; SOCIETAL CHANGES; URBAN STRATEGY;

SMART CITY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOBALIZATION; SMART CITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; ITALY;

EID: 85051023737     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.025     Document Type: Article

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