The Smart City as Global Discourse: Storylines and Critical Junctures across 27 Cities

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 3-34

  Joss, Simon ^a   Sengers, Frans ^a   Schraven, Daan ^a   Caprotti, Federico ^a   Dayot, Youri ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

discourse; global; governance; Smart city; webometrics

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RESEARCH; SMART CITY; SOFTWARE; URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 85061489310     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2018.1558387     Document Type: Article

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