In this paper, we identify the essential organizational characteristics of local government that are crucial for smart urban governance. To do, we conducted a systematic review of 96 articles on this theme. Through a ...

Since the early 2000s companies known as "tech giants" have significantly directed their operations to expand their "smart city" business division. Such action has placed these companies as important players with influence ...

In a milieu marked by increasing quantification of social life, many digital devices have emerged under the promise of a revolutionary change in areas such as urban planning and governance of Smart City projects. Starting ...

The proliferation of technologies, devices, and digital platforms and their growing capacity to gather large amounts of data would seem to be delivering on the promise of a more automated, efficient, and Smart City. In ...

Purpose – In recent years, the term “smart city” has attracted a lot of attention from policy makers, business leaders and citizenship in general. Although there is not a unique definition of what a smart city is, it is ...

Making a city “smart” is emerging as a strategy to mitigate the problems generated by rapid urbanization. (Chourabi et al, 2012) In response to the increasing use of the concept, this paper explores different strategies and ...

Dado o contexto da crescente urbanização, o incremento da TIC no tecido urbano e a complexidade de interagir com os diversos atores da cidade, neste trabalho de tese busco compreender como os arranjos de governança ...

The debate around smart cities emerged in the mid-1980s in the context of urban planning in the United States. In Brazil, due to the growing discussion on urban issues and problems, which had been gaining momentum on the ...

As cities have faced exponential urban growth in recent decades, new problems have emerged, creating an urgent need for solutions to management and monitoring of urban rise. Thus, Smart Cities emerge as a new alternative ...