Assembling Sustainable Smart City Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Perspective
Luca Mora,Mark Deakin,Xiaoling Zhang,Michael Batty,Martin de Jong,Paolo Santi,Francesco Paolo Appio +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a middle-range theory of sustainable smart city transitions is presented, which forms bridges between theorizing in smart city development studies and some of the foundational assimilation assumptions.
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Abstract: This Special Issue begins with a middle-range theory of sustainable smart city transitions, which forms bridges between theorizing in smart city development studies and some of the foundational ass...
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