Smart cities, epistemic communities, advocacy coalitions and the 'last mile' problem

IT - Information Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 275-284

  Kitchin, Rob ^a   Coletta, Claudio ^a   Evans, Leighton ^b   Heaphy, Liam ^a   MacDonncha, Darach ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advocacy coalition; City administration; Epistemic community; Smart cities; Smart lighting; Technocrats; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY COALITIONS; EPISTEMIC COMMUNITIES; LAST MILE; LAST MILE PROBLEMS; SMART LIGHTINGS;

SMART CITY;

EID: 85053048703     PISSN: 16112776     EISSN: 21967032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/itit-2017-0004     Document Type: Article

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