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KYBERNETES
Volume 49, Issue 7, Pages 2037-2052Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/K-07-2019-0516
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Information technology; Smart city; Urban sustainability; Smart community; Smart governance
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the pathway that leads to cities to proceeding towards urban sustainability. Design/methodology/approach This study intends to propose a theoretical analysis on the city as sustainable community that drives urban development adopting a smart vision for urban growth. Findings Cities as sustainable urban communities develop smartness as a vision for change understanding and developing the potential offered by information technology reinforcing the community by shaping collaborative governance. Research limitations/implications Cities using information technology as a source for urban sustainability develop smartness to evolve as smart communities following a managerial and organizational view towards sustainability as a source for continuous innovation and change within urban ecosystem. Originality/value Cities identify a sustainability-oriented and community-driven pathway as a vision for continuous change that helps to improve urban competitiveness, innovation and democracy ensuring high quality of life by strengthening the potential offered by technology-enabled and human-centred smartness.
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