Understanding electronic government research and smart city

A framework and empirical evidence

Bibliographic Data

ID6149463
AuthorsΛεωνίδας Ανθόπουλος (0000-0002-7731-4716, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly), Christopher G Reddick (0000-0002-3882-5302, The University of Texas at San Antonio)
Year2016
Volume21
Issue1
Pages99-117
Publication date2016-02-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInformation Polity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1875-8754 • E-ISSN: 1570-1255
PublisherIOS Press (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.3233/ip-150371
OpenAlexW1610651915
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited52

Smart cities have been evolving since their early appearance in late 1990s from metropolitan-wide Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based solutions to today's innovations - not necessarily based on ICT - that utilize city resources and improve local everyday life. This paper attempts t o answer two research questions: (a) Does e-government research provide the appropriate theoretical capacity consisting of terms and frameworks that define smart city? and (b) Is e-government research evolution able to provide the appropriate theoretical capacity to deal with smart city challenges? To answer these two research questions this paper follows a multi-methods approach comprising of (a) retrospective literature review (27 interdisciplinary journals, from 1997-2015 that publish smart city works are examined with regard to e-government and smart city) and define the key-areas of study (i.e., e-government in smart city etc.); and (b) prospective Delphi study (involving 16 experts in both e-government and smart city domains from prestigious universities, organizations, and cities across the globe), which identify action areas (i.e., livability and co-design) and measures for future e-government research contribution to the smart city. The results of this study shed light on existing gaps, interrelations, and reciprocities between e-government research and smart city and define an agenda for future research

Advertising · Business · Delphi method · Empirical research · Geography · Globe · Government (linguistics · Information and Communications Technology · Internet of Things · Internet privacy · Local government · Metropolitan area · Political science · Public relations · Publication · Regional science · Smart city · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Psychology · Public Administration · Smart Cities and Technologies

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