Excluding citizens from the European smart city: The discourse practices of pursuing and granting smartness

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 142, Issue , 2019, Pages 347-353

  Engelbert, Jiska ^a   van Zoonen, Liesbet ^b   Hirzalla, Fadi ^b  

^a Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS;

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION; EUROPEAN CITIES; EUROPEAN CONTEXT; EUROPEAN RESEARCH; NETWORK PRACTICES; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

SMART CITY;

POLITICAL ECONOMY; SMART CITY; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN PLANNING;

EUROPE;

EID: 85053055799     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.08.020     Document Type: Article

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