| Title |
Smart governance as key to multi-jurisdictional smart city initiatives: The case of the eCityGov Alliance |
| ID_Doc |
37911 |
| Authors |
Scholl, HJ; AlAwadhi, S |
| Title |
Smart governance as key to multi-jurisdictional smart city initiatives: The case of the eCityGov Alliance |
| Year |
2016 |
| Published |
Social Science Information Sur Les Sciences Sociales, 55, 2 |
| DOI |
10.1177/0539018416629230 |
| Abstract |
Quite a number of smart-city initiatives from around the world have been analyzed and documented, and a growing body of academic knowledge is evolving around the phenomenon of the smart city. Smart-city government is seen as an important driver for developing a smart urban environment. The eCityGov Alliance in the Pacific Northwest of the USA represents a special case of a successful smart-city collaboration between nine neighboring municipalities, which combined forces to provide smart services to citizens and businesses that no single municipality could have provided alone. Developing and maintaining a collaborative governance model appears as the most important key success factor in such multi-jurisdictional smart-city undertakings. This study investigates the governance model of the eCityGov Alliance and its opportunities, and potential pitfalls. It concludes that the eCityGov Alliance can serve as a role model for such multi-jurisdictional smart-city initiatives. |
| Author Keywords |
collaborative governance; cross-jurisdictional services; lean governance structures; process streamlining; resource pooling and leverage; smart services; vendor influence and pressure |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000374676600006 |
| WoS Category |
Information Science & Library Science; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |
| Research Area |
Information Science & Library Science; Social Sciences - Other Topics |
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