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92 Non‐profit A city "combining ICT and Web 2.0 ICT, web 2.0, Toppeta (2010)
technology with other bureaucratic
organizational, design and planning efficiency, city
efforts to de‐materialize and speed management,
up bureaucratic processes and help innovative solutions,
to identify new, innovative sustainability,
solutions to city management liveability, standard
complexity, in order to improve of living.
sustainability and liveability."

93 Conference What makes a city smart? A non‐ People enabler, Jaokar (2012)
vendor driven definition of a 'Smart human capital, social
Sustainable City' capital, traditional
The closer a city behaves to the communication,
ethos of the Internet, the smarter it modern
is. That means the city is a platform communication, ICT,
– an enabler for the people. So, economic
empowering people is at the centre development, quality
of the perfect storm. of life, natural
So, what does a smart sustainable resource
city look like? A city can be defined management,
as smart when investments in participatory
human and social capital and governance.
traditional (ex‐transport) and
modern (ex‐ICT) communications
infrastructure fuel sustainable
economic development and a high
quality of life with a wise
management of natural
resources through participatory
governance.

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