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Smart Cities: Buggy and Brittle
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Metadata
- Authors
- Townsend, A.
- Affiliations
- Institute for the Future (US)
- Corresponding author
- Townsend, Anthony
- ORCID
- Townsend, Anthony
- Venue
- Places Journal
- Publisher
- Places Journal
- Published
- 2013-10-07
- Issue
- 2013
- ISSN
- 0731-0455 (ISSN-L)
- 2164-7798
- OpenAlex
- W2548495429
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 0.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Places (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Smart Cities and Technologies
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Planning and Governance
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Keywords
- smart cities, urban technology, digital infrastructure, urban governance, critical infrastructure
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