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Title Identifying smart city archetypes from the bottom up: A content analysis of municipal plans
ID_Doc 45582
Authors Tang, ZW; Jayakar, K; Feng, XD; Zhang, HP; Peng, RX
Title Identifying smart city archetypes from the bottom up: A content analysis of municipal plans
Year 2019
Published Telecommunications Policy, 43, 10
DOI 10.1016/j.telpol.2019.101834
Abstract This paper presents a comparative analysis of 60 municipal smart city plans drawn from countries around the world, with the goal of enumerating the specific policies and programs that are included under the general rubric of "smart city" initiatives. The objective is to identify the combinations of projects that are most often deployed together, and thus to define "archetypes" or "models" in smart city development. We follow an inductive method and conduct content analysis of 60 smart city plans, with each plan coded for the presence or absence of activity in 25 program categories. Cluster analysis identified four different models: an essential services model, smart transportation model, broad spectrum model, and a business ecosystem model.
Author Keywords Smart city; Urban planning; ICT use; Content analysis
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI); Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S); Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH)
EID WOS:000501410700003
WoS Category Communication; Information Science & Library Science; Telecommunications
Research Area Communication; Information Science & Library Science; Telecommunications
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