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Who governs 4.0? Varieties of smart cities

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ID21723381
AuthorsEliska Drapalova (0000-0003-2402-1159, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany), Kai Wegrich (0000-0001-7367-3992, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume22
Issue5
Pages668-686
Publication date2020-05-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Management Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-9037 • E-ISSN: 1471-9045
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14719037.2020.1718191
OpenAlexW3004618395
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited42

Research on smart cities is still at an early stage. The conjecture of this article is that smart city strategies and their impacts will inevitably vary across contexts; however, the debate still lacks an analytical toolkit that guides the exploration of such varieties (and similarities) of smart cities. Combining existing research on the governance of smart cities with theories of business–state relations from political economy, this article develops an analytical framework and typology that captures varieties (and similarities) of smart city policies and governance. We apply this framework to four illustrative cases: Prague, Barcelona, Berlin, and Rio de Janeiro

Computer security · Corporate governance · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Geography · Internet of Things · Management · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Smart city · Sociology · Typology · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Public Administration · Smart Cities and Technologies

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