Year: 2016
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: As the international community moves inexorably towards a smart future, the position of Australia’s non-urban areas in that future is less certain. The (re-elected) Australian federal government made a commitment to moving Australian cities forward as part of the international smart city movement. However, the effectiveness of this commitment in enabling non-urban areas to attain the same level of smartness is unclear. This is particularly so in view of the delayed roll out of the NBN. The research examines the smart discourse for Australia’s non-urban areas in the context of the federal government’s Smart Cities Plan. In doing so the research pinpoints a hole in that plan and identifies matters specifically requiring government attention.
Author: Lucy Cradduck
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2796397215