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Smart cities, epistemic communities, advocacy coalitions and the `last mile' problem

Rob Kitchin, Claudio Coletta, Leighton Evans Orcid Logo, Liam Heaphy, Darach MacDonncha

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Swansea University Author: Leighton Evans Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1515/itit-2017-0004

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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...

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ISSN: 1611-2776 2196-7032
Published: Boston 2017
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