Reframing technologically enhanced urban scenarios: A design research model towards human centered smart cities

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 142, Issue , 2019, Pages 15-25

  Andreani, Stefano ^a   Kalchschmidt, Matteo ^b   Pinto, Roberto ^b   Sayegh, Allen ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design research; Human centered innovation; Responsive environments; Smart cities; Smart living; Urban scenarios; Urban technologies

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION; DESIGN RESEARCH; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; RESEARCH INITIATIVES; RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENTS; SMART LIVINGS; THROUGH THE LENS; URBAN SCENARIOS;

SMART CITY;

INNOVATION; MODELING; SMART CITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN;

EUROPE;

EID: 85054595696     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.09.028     Document Type: Article

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