Redefining the smart city: Culture, metabolism and governance

Smart Cities

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 4-25

  Allam, Zaheer ^a   Newman, Peter ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Governance; Metabolism; Smart cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85121425301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 26246511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/smartcities1010002     Document Type: Article

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