Smart Cities: Big Cities, Complex Governance?

Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar ()
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Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar: University of Granada

A chapter in Transforming City Governments for Successful Smart Cities, 2015, pp 1-7 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter introduces the reader into the debate of smart cities and the role of governments in managing these cities. After reviewing the phenomenon of the smart cities, the chapter analyzes the need of local governments in managing these cities and the different patterns that these governments would take to make successful smart cities. Nonetheless, there are no conclusive solutions about this concern and much future research is encouraged to advance in this subject.

Keywords: Smart city; Local governments; Governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03167-5_1

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