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Smart cities within world city networks

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  • R. S. Wall
  • S. Stavropoulos

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A substantiated definition of smart cities is urgently required. In this note, we explore the crossover between smart city and world city network literature. We argue that this crossover can contribute to the theoretical and empirical development of smart city literature. The results show that indeed, besides territorial measures, network measures, e.g. indegree and inward distance, are important in explaining the smartness of cities. Based on this, we recommend that smart cities include city network characteristics in future planning.

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  • R. S. Wall & S. Stavropoulos, 2016. "Smart cities within world city networks," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(12), pages 875-879, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:23:y:2016:i:12:p:875-879
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1117038
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    1. Fitzgerald, Joan, 2010. "Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780195382761, Decembrie.
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    2. Shuai Shi & Ronald Wall & Kathy Pain, 2019. "Exploring the significance of domestic investment for foreign direct investment in China: A city-network approach," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 56(12), pages 2447-2464, September.
    3. Ivan Serrano & Laura Calvet-Mir & Ramon Ribera-Fumaz & Isabel Díaz & Hug March, 2020. "A Social Network Analysis of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-13, June.
    4. Lucía Gómez & Päivi Oinas & Ronald Sean Wall, 2022. "Undercurrents in the world economy: Evolving global investment flows in the South," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(6), pages 1830-1855, June.

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