Towards Post-Anthropocentric Cities: Reconceptualizing Smart Cities to Evade Urban Ecocide

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 147-152

  Yigitcanlar, Tan ^a   Foth, Marcus ^a   Kamruzzaman, Md ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Intelligent city; more than human city; post anthropocentric city; responsive city; smart city; sustainable urban development; urban informatics

Indexed keywords

INFORMATICS; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SMART CITY; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 85055170625     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2018.1524249     Document Type: Article

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