| Title |
Fragmented governance, the urban data ecosystem and smart city-regions: the case of Metropolitan Boston |
| ID_Doc |
38794 |
| Authors |
Kitchin, R; Moore-Cherry, N |
| Title |
Fragmented governance, the urban data ecosystem and smart city-regions: the case of Metropolitan Boston |
| Year |
2021 |
| Published |
Regional Studies, 55, 12 |
| DOI |
10.1080/00343404.2020.1735627 |
| Abstract |
Through an empirical focus on Metropolitan Boston, this paper examines the effects of territorial politics and fragmented metropolitan governance on an urban data ecosystem and endeavours to enact a smart city-region. The fragmented governance of Metro Boston reduces scales of economy and produces interjurisdictional data incompatibilities that limit spatial intelligence, foster back-to-back planning and stifle the benefits of open data. Highlighted is the irony that in order to address fragmented governance, there is a need for greater information-sharing, but that very activity is stymied because of a deeply rooted localist agenda that resists more collaborative, metro-regional governance arrangements. |
| Author Keywords |
fragmented governance; metropolitan governance; open data; smart cities; Boston; territorial politics |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000525169200001 |
| WoS Category |
Economics; Environmental Studies; Geography; Regional & Urban Planning |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Geography; Public Administration |
| PDF |
https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/14928/1/RK-Fragmented-2019.pdf
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