..., smart cities – around Urban AI in public administration is infused with promises: increased efficiency, responsiveness, personalization and optimization (Calzada and Cowie, 2017 ; Cardullo et al., 2019). Yet, these benefits are unevenly distributed, often masking or even reproducing...

...Zoi Patergiannaki; Yannis A. Pollalis Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the discrepancies between the services provided by municipalities through e-Government portals and the services sought by residents in the context of smart cities. Design/methodology/approach This research...

... the definition and characterisation of SVs is currently shaped by disciplinary backgrounds and geographical contexts. SVs are often viewed as the rural version of smart cities or an innovative model for rural development, but there has been little engagement in the literature with other debates around rurality...

...) have reviewed several existing frameworks and have proposed one for EA for smart cities. The related works considered are directly concerned with the different aspects being investigated. However, there is no discussion on which development framework is most popular in a particular context...

... to support this need; using the case study of Barcelona as the flagship city trailblazing a critical policy agenda of smart cities to show the limitations and contradictions of the current state of affairs; and ultimately, proposing a preliminary roadmap for institutional and governance empowerment...

...Adriana Zait Purpose The purpose of this paper was to identify the main necessary competences for smart cities’ development. From their inception until now, smart cities are striving to clarify their identity and become better, and thus, smarter. The whole process is in many ways similar...

...Julien Hivon; Ryad Titah Purpose Open data initiatives represent a critical pillar of smart cities’ strategies but remain insufficiently and poorly understood. This paper aims to advance a conceptualization of citizen participation and investigates its effect on open data use at the municipal...