The implementation of the Smart City paradigm in Italy. Lights and shadows of Italian metropolitan cities performance

Journal title ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI
Author/s Rosaria Battarra, Carmela Gargiulo, Rosa Anna la Rocca, Laura Russo
Publishing Year 2018 Issue 2018/123
Language Italian Pages 25 P. 26-50 File size 301 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASUR2018-123002
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The paper presents a research aimed at individuating the way to apply the Smart city paradigm in the 12 largest Italian cities. The results indicate that the potential of this approach doesn’t depend on ICT employment, but the transition from a "traditional" city to a Smart city could be smoothened by adopting strategic agenda that appropriately take into account local peculiarities, and are defined at a scale which transcends city limits and includes the whole metropolitan area.

Keywords: Smart city; metropolitan cities; ICT; indicators; initiatives.

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Rosaria Battarra, Carmela Gargiulo, Rosa Anna la Rocca, Laura Russo, L’applicazione del paradigma smart city in Italia. Luci ed ombre delle sperimentazioni nelle città metropolitane in "ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI" 123/2018, pp 26-50, DOI: 10.3280/ASUR2018-123002