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Smart Cities: Big Cities, Complex Governance?

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Transforming City Governments for Successful Smart Cities

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This chapter introduces the reader into the debate of smart cities and the role of governments in managing these cities. After reviewing the phenomenon of the smart cities, the chapter analyzes the need of local governments in managing these cities and the different patterns that these governments would take to make successful smart cities. Nonetheless, there are no conclusive solutions about this concern and much future research is encouraged to advance in this subject.

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Acknowledgments

This research was carried out with financial support from the Regional Government of Andalusia (Spain), Department of Innovation, Science and Enterprise (Research project number P11-SEJ-7700).

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Rodríguez Bolívar, M. (2015). Smart Cities: Big Cities, Complex Governance?. In: Rodríguez-Bolívar, M. (eds) Transforming City Governments for Successful Smart Cities. Public Administration and Information Technology, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03167-5_1

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