| Title |
Digital Infrastructures and Urban Governance |
| ID_Doc |
42415 |
| Authors |
Barns, S; Cosgrave, E; Acuto, M; Mcneill, D |
| Title |
Digital Infrastructures and Urban Governance |
| Year |
2017 |
| Published |
Urban Policy And Research, 35, 1 |
| DOI |
10.1080/08111146.2016.1235032 |
| Abstract |
The urban built environment is underpinned by an increasingly complex digital infrastructure, which is posing a variety of unpredictable and unprecedented challenges for urban governance. The paper discusses how the new "hard" digital infrastructures such as broadband are accompanied by the need to understand the governance of public sector information; and in turn how this relates to the emergence of smart city strategies. The paper is illustrated using empirical examples drawn from Australian digital infrastructure development, with reference to the international landscape of "smart city" developments. It argues that there is a significant mismatch between the often small scale, bounded capabilities of municipal government, and the operational expertise and scope of technology firms. |
| Author Keywords |
Smart cities; digital infrastructure; public sector information; regional development; broadband; urban governance; smart cities; digital strategy; open data; policy mobility |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000398033600003 |
| WoS Category |
Environmental Studies; Geography; Regional & Urban Planning; Urban Studies |
| Research Area |
Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Geography; Public Administration; Urban Studies |
| PDF |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1536536/1/Cosgrave_Digital%20infrastructure%20and%20urban%20governance.pdf
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