The Role of Citizen Participation in Municipal Smart City Projects: Lessons Learned from Norway

Public Administration and Information Technology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2016, Pages 299-314

  Berntzen, Lasse ^a   Johannessen, Marius Rohde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Multichannel communication; Proprietary systems; Smart cities; Social media; Technology choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064747553     PISSN: 25121812     EISSN: 25121839     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17620-8_16     Document Type: Chapter

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