The smart city (SCs) movement has emerged to face urban challenges. Nonetheless, the
complexity and dynamic nature of cities makes them context-dependent in their strategic …

City governments around the world are turning cities into smart ecosystems, undertaking a
great bulk of smart initiatives in different domains with the aim at improving efficiency in …

Governments increasingly promote the adoption of smart initiatives based on the intensive
use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to face urban challenges and …

Abstract Under the term “Smart City”, numerous technology-based initiatives are emerging to
help cities face contemporary challenges while the concept itself is evolving towards a more …

Abstract The concept of Smart City (SC) as a means to enhance the life quality of citizen has
been gaining increasing importance in the agendas of policy makers. However, a shared …

This exploratory study has been carried out to better understand the development process of
strategies that allow large European cities to become smart. This aim is achieved through …

Smart Cities (SC) have claimed to improve the quality of life of citizens, but the notion of SC
is variegated and it has been changing its form. As a contribution to understand the …

Abstract The concept of Smart City is not yet statically defined, and thus, in the last years,
several scientific articles and papers have been written focusing on the subject. The main …

Research on Smart Cities has come of age. Intense discussion on this topic has been
ongoing for years, and the academic prominence of this concept has also engendered …

Recent studies reveal a deep-rooted division in research on smart cities, which surfaces as
a set of dichotomies that question whether smart city development should be based on a:(1) …