In recent years, smart cities have grown in popularity, both in research and in practice. The
focus of smart city studies and policy initiatives has historically been on technology …

Smart technology alongside local energy systems are regularly considered critical for a low-
carbon transition. More recently, a growing body of literature has started to examine the (in) …

We analyse an urban platform (Alibaba's City Brain) to show how smart city development is
evolving in urban China. In order to do so, we base our analysis on two strands of literature …

It is undeniable that our environment is constantly evolving and citizens are facing new
issues and challenges related to the environment around the world. Green governance is …

Background Smart technologies, such as smart grids, are emerging as indispensable
aspects of an energy transformation and come with hopes of more sustainable resource use …

Cities are positioning themselves at the center of the Anthropocene, hosting most of the
world's population and global socioeconomic activities. The increasing prospect of …

Cities are expected to contribute to climate mitigation by providing effective climate policy
actions in a multilevel governance context. Yet, it is unclear what we actually know about the …

In recent years, scholars from diverse research communities have become greatly interested
in the experimental turn within the social sciences and economics. A rapidly emerging field …

We introduce key concepts that have guided the diverse case studies of this special issue on
smart cities. Calling into question Global North conceptions of the smart city, nine different …

Geographers and urban studies scholars tend to rely on policy mobilities approaches to
explain processes of policy spread, whereas political scientists and public policy scholars …