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The influence of context in the implementation of a smart city project: the case of Cidade Inteligente Búzios

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: The growth of urban population is widely acknowledged to be a central trend that poses challenges for the administration of cities worldwide. In this context, several advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been developed to gradually transform urban centers into smart cities. In this article, we seek to contribute to filling a knowledge gap in the literature on smart city - namely the lack of empirical data in works on this subject - by investigating a project aimed at turning the municipality of Búzios in Brazil into a smart city, named Cidade Inteligente Búzios (CIB). Our objective is, thus, to describe and understand the controversial influence of the context in the implementation of the project, which was considered a success for some actors and irrelevant for others, a situation that defies the very concept of success in the implementation of smart cities.

Source: Revista de Administração Pública

DOI: 10.1590/0034-761220170133

Authors: Mariana Brandão, Luiz Antonio Joia

Institutions: Universidade Unigranrio, Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas, Fundação Getulio Vargas

Language: English

Topic: Smart Cities and Technologies

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2949755085