Can cities become smart without being sustainable? A systematic review of the literature

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 45, Issue , 2019, Pages 348-365

  Yigitcanlar, Tan ^a   Kamruzzaman, Md ^b   Foth, Marcus ^a   Sabatini Marques, Jamile ^c   da Costa, Eduardo ^c   Ioppolo, Giuseppe ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Post anthropocentric city; Progressive urbanism; Smart city; Sustainable city; Sustainable urban development; Urban informatics

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

POST-ANTHROPOCENTRIC CITY; PROGRESSIVE URBANISM; SUSTAINABLE CITIES; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN INFORMATICS;

SMART CITY;

EID: 85057730180     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2018.11.033     Document Type: Review

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