Barriers to the Development of Smart Cities in Indian Context

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 503-525

  Rana, Nripendra P ^a   Luthra, Sunil ^b   Mangla, Sachin Kumar ^c   Islam, Rubina ^d   Roderick, Sian ^a   Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b State Institute of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Fuzzy AHP; India; Prioritisation; Sensitivity analysis; Smart cities

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH;

BARRIERS; CITY DEVELOPMENT; FUZZY AHP; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL POLICIES; POTENTIAL INTERFERENCES; PRIORITISATION;

SMART CITY;

EID: 85051135645     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: 15729419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-018-9873-4     Document Type: Article

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