Understanding Smart Cities: A Tool for Smart Government or an Industrial Trick?

• Main Author: Anthopoulos, Leonidas G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Public Administration and Information Technology, 22
• Subjects: Public policy.; Public administration.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Public Administration.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Public Policy.

This book investigates the role of smart cities in the broader context of urban innovation and e-government, identifies what a smart city is in practice and highlights their importance to the welfare of society. The book offers specific, measurable, and action-oriented public sector planning and man...

Table of Contents:

• Prologue
• The rise of the Smart City
• Smart City in Practice
• The smart city market
• Governing a smart city
• Smart Government
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgements
• Index.