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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255029003321

Autore

Anthopoulos Leonidas G

Titolo

Understanding Smart Cities: A Tool for Smart Government or an Industrial Trick? / / by Leonidas G. Anthopoulos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-57015-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 293 p. 102 illus., 101 illus. in color.)

Collana

Public Administration and Information Technology, , 2512-1812 ; ; 22

Disciplina

307.1216

Soggetti

Public administration

Economic policy

Public policy

Public Administration

R & D/Technology Policy

Public Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue -- The rise of the Smart City -- Smart City in Practice -- The smart city market -- Governing a smart city -- Smart Government -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates the role of smart cities in the broader context of urban innovation and e-government, identifies what a smart city is in practice and highlights their importance to the welfare of society. The book offers specific, measurable, and action-oriented public sector planning and management principles and ideas for smart governance in the era of global urbanization and innovation to help with the challenges in maintaining the democratic system of checks and balances as well as the division of powers in a highly interconnected world. The book will be of interest researchers, practitioners, students, and public sector IT professionals that work within innovation management, public administration, urban technologies and urban innovation, and public local administration studies.