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Smart cities, epistemic communities, advocacy coalitions and the `last mile' problem
Rob Kitchin,
Claudio Coletta,
Leighton Evans 
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Liam Heaphy,
Darach MacDonncha
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Liam Heaphy,
Darach MacDonncha
it - Information Technology, Volume: 59, Issue: 6
Swansea University Author:
Leighton Evans
DOI (Published version): 10.1515/itit-2017-0004
Abstract
We argue that the ideas, ideals and the rapid proliferation of smart city rhetoric and initiatives globally have been facilitated and promoted by three inter-related communities: (i) `urban technocrats'; (ii) a smart cities `epistemic community'; (iii) a wider `advocacy coalition'. We...
| Published in: | it - Information Technology |
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| ISSN: | 1611-2776 2196-7032 |
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Boston
2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa37345 |
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| Abstract: |
We argue that the ideas, ideals and the rapid proliferation of smart city rhetoric and initiatives globally have been facilitated and promoted by three inter-related communities: (i) `urban technocrats'; (ii) a smart cities `epistemic community'; (iii) a wider `advocacy coalition'. We examine their roles and the multiscale formation, and why despite their influence they encounter a `last mile problem'; that is, smart city initiatives are yet to become fully mainstreamed. We illustrate this last mile problem through a discussion of plans to introduce smart lighting in Dublin. |
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| Keywords: |
Smart cities; epistemic community; advocacy coalition; technocrats; urban governance; city administration; smart lighting |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Issue: |
6 |