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ID11670355
AuthorsSarah Barn (0000-0002-0087-7166, Western Sydney University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume37
Issue4
Pages554-571
Publication date2016-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02723638.2016.1139876
OpenAlexW2324868175
LanguageEN
Citations received71
References cited31

Investment in the release of open data has become increasingly central to the implementation of smart city programs by governments around the world. Though originally arising out of a push towards “open government” and the pursuit of more transparent decision-making by public authorities at multiple scales, open data programs have more recently been adopted by municipal governments to support entrepreneurial goals of enhanced competitive positioning and attracting investment. As urban scholars now subject the smart city project to critical scrutiny for its role in advancing urban entrepreneurialism, this article considers the relevance of the open data agenda as it shapes wider understandings of the smart city. In particular, I address the collection of policy practices, aspirations, stakeholders and entrepreneurs active in framing the opportunities and values of open data for urban governments. Both the momentum of support for open data, along with a recent shift in the rhetorical aspirations of the open data movement away from the values of openness and transparency and towards a more confined focus on value generation, raise important critical questions for urban geographers concerned with the nature of urban governance in an age of big data

Ambiguity · Big data · Business · Corporate governance · Framing (construction · Open data · Open government · Open Innovation · Openness to experience · Political science · Public relations · Scrutiny · Smart city · Sociology · Transparency (behavior · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Engineering · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Law · Smart Cities and Technologies · Marketing

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Citations per year7,89
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Citation velocitycurrent
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