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来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN TECHNOLOGY,Vol.24,Issue1,P.3-27

语言

英文

关键字

Smart-city research; urban innovation; bibliometric analysis; development paths; corporate model; holistic interpretation; COCITATION ANALYSIS; FUTURE INTERNET; CITIES; URBAN; INFORMATION; TECHNOLOGIES; INFRASTRUCTURE; SPECIALTIES; INNOVATION; DOCUMENTS

作者单位

[Mora, Luca] Politecn Milan, Dept Architecture Built Environm & Construct Engn, Via G Ponzio 31, I-20133 Milan, Italy. [Bolici, Roberto] Politecn Milan, Dept Architecture Built Environm & Construct Engn, Milan, Italy. [Deakin, Mark] Edinburgh Napier Univ, Sch Engn & Built Environm, 10 Colinton Rd, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, Midlothian, Scotland. Mora, L (reprint author), Politecn Milan, Dept Architecture Built Environm & Construct Engn, Via G Ponzio 31, I-20133 Milan, Italy. E-Mail: luca.mora@polimi.it; Roberto.Bolici@polimi.it; M.Deakin@napier.ac.uk

摘要

This paper reports on the first two decades of research on smart cities by conducting a bibliometric analysis of the literature published between 1992 and 2012. The analysis shows that smart-city research is fragmented and lacks cohesion, and its growth follows two main development paths. The first one is based on the peer-reviewed publications produced by European universities, which support a holistic perspective on smart cities. The second path, instead, stands on the gray literature produced by the American business community and relates to a techno-centric understanding of the subject. Divided along such paths, the future development of this new and promising field of research risks being undermined. For while the bibliometric analysis indicates that smart cities are emerging as a fast-growing topic of scientific enquiry, much of the knowledge that is generated about them is singularly technological in nature. In that sense, lacking the social intelligence, cultural artifacts, and environmental attributes, which are needed for the ICT-related urban innovation that such research champions.