E-Government and Smart Cities: Theoretical Reflections and Case Studies

Peter Mechant; Nils Walravens

doi:10.17645/mac.v6i4.1848

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E-Government and Smart Cities: Theoretical Reflections and Case Studies

Peter Mechant Research Group for Media, Innovation and Communication Technologies, Ghent University, Belgium
Nils Walravens Centre for Studies on Media, Information and Technology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

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Abstract: This editorial introduces the thematic issue on “E-Government and Smart Cities: Theoretical Reflections and Case Studies” and presents five articles and one commentary related to e-government and smart cities. All contributions take a use-case driven research approach to investigate, discuss and comment (on) overarching themes such as data, governance and participation which are inherently linked to the concepts of e-government and smart cities.

Keywords: e-government; government communication; government services; participation; smart city; smart governance

Published: 21 December 2018

Issue: Vol 6, No 4 (2018): E-Government and Smart Cities: Theoretical Reflections and Case Studies

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v6i4.1848

© Peter Mechant, Nils Walravens. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction of the work without further permission provided the original author(s) and source are credited.

Media and Communication

Open Access Journal

ISSN: 2183-2439

E-Government and Smart Cities: Theoretical Reflections and Case Studies