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Collins, A 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9805-9091, Cox, A and Torrisi, G,
2021.
Searching for a smart city: a bibliographic analysis of ‘public facing’ EU smart city projects.
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 112 (5), pp. 549-565.
ISSN 0040-747X
Abstract
The narrative used to describe smart cities, including the experimentation on them, affects the perception of the smart city. This study systematically assembles and analyses ‘public facing’ smart city project data from across the EU. Using a bibliographic analysis, including word frequency analyses across time and countries of project descriptions, we identify the dominant themes and constructs in the smart city narratives used by teams advancing smart city projects. The study highlights spatial and intertemporal variations in locational density, differing project content and the range of conceptual emphases. Results show that the main concern of smart city narratives in the EU is firmly centred on energy. We argue that policy-makers should aim for better alignment of smart cities' narrative with citizens' perception or, at least, a wider description of the very nature of implemented projects to include those rather neglected aspects might attract more interest and citizens' involvement.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie |
| Creators: | Collins, A., Cox, A. and Torrisi, G. |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Date: | December 2021 |
| Volume: | 112 |
| Number: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 0040-747X |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1111/tesg.12476 DOI 1641890 Other |
| Rights: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
| Divisions: | Schools > Nottingham Business School |
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher |
| Date Added: | 27 Feb 2024 13:43 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Feb 2024 13:43 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50962 |
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