Beyond Defining the Smart City. Meeting Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches in the Middle

This paper aims to better frame the discussion and the various, divergent operationalisations and interpretations of the Smart City concept. We start by explicating top-down approaches to the Smart City, followed by what purely bottom-up initiatives can look like. We provide a clear overview of stak...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jonas Breuer, Nils Walravens, Pieter Ballon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università di Napoli Federico II 2014-05-01
Series:TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment
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Online Access:http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/2475