Aspirations and realizations: The smart city of Seattle

摘要: Smart city initiatives have been launched on every continent. That notwithstanding the concept of “smart city” has remained ambiguous. We systematically interviewed officials an acclaimed City (Seattle) and explicitly asked for their own definitions city,” which we then compared to respective projects run by that City. While given practitioners were found different from those in literature, smart lived up matched practitioner a high degree. document expected realized benefits, illustrate where leading government is headed terms government. However, “Smart City” local might be only steppingstone making greater urban space appears more challenging undertaking.