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Kitchin, Rob, Coletta, Claudio, Evans, Leighton, Heaphy, Liam and MacDonncha, Darach (2017) Smart cities, epistemic communities, advocacy coalitions and the 'last mile' problem. it - Information Technology, 59 (6). pp. 275-284. ISSN 1611-2776
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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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Smart cities; epistemic community; advocacy coalition; technocrats; urban governance; city administration; smart lighting; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: | 11589 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1515/itit-2017-0004 |
| Depositing User: | Prof. Rob Kitchin |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Nov 2019 14:29 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | it - Information Technology |
| Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/11589 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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