Defining and assessing the transformational nature of smart city governance: insights from four European cases
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- 3 April 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Review of Administrative Sciences
- Vol. 86 (1) , 20-37
Abstract
Smart cities are a new approach to urban development based on the extensive use of information and communication technologies and on the promotion of environmental sustainability, economic development and innovation. The article is aimed at discussing whether the adoption of a smart city approach entails the transformation of existing institutional structures and administrative practices. To this end, four cases of European smart cities are analysed: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Turin and Vienna. The article describes their models of governance, investigates the level of transformation that occurred in their governmental structures, outlines the main drawbacks and identifies possible connections with the emergent paradigm of the New Public Governance.Keywords
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