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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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Cover; Smart Cities; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1 Introduction (to smart cities); Part I Governing the transition; 2 From intelligent to smart cities; 3 E-governance as an enabler of the smart city; 4 The IntelCities community of practice; 5 What makes cities intelligent?; 6 The embedded intelligence of smart cities; Part II Modelling the transition; 7 Smart cities: a nexus for open innovation?; 8 The triple helix model of smart cities: a neo-evolutionary perspective; 9 SCRAN: the network |
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Part III Analysing the transition10 Smart cities in Europe; 11 An advanced triple helix network framework for smart cities performance; 12 Conclusions (on the state of the transition); Index |
| Summary |
Smart city development has emerged a major issue over the past 5 years. Since the launch of IBM's Smart Planet and CISCO's Smart Cities and Communities programmes, their potential to deliver on global sustainable development targets have captured the public's attention. However, despite this growing interest in the development of smart cities, little has as yet been published that either sets out the state-of-the-art, or which offers a less than subjective, arm's length and dispassionate account of their potential contribution. This book brings together cutting edge research a |
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Print version record |
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Cities and towns -- Growth.
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City planning -- Technological innovations
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City planning.
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Sustainable development.
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urban sprawl.
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suburban growth.
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sustainable development.
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Cities and towns -- Growth
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City planning
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City planning -- Technological innovations
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Sustainable development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135124144 |
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1135124140 |
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