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No. Keywords

23 Academic A city "connecting the physical Interconnected IT, Chourabi et al.
infrastructure, the IT infrastructure, social, business (2012b)
the social infrastructure, and the infrastructure.
business infrastructure to leverage
the collective intelligence of the
city".
24 Academic A city striving to make itself Efficient, sustainable, Chourabi et al.
"smarter" (more efficient, equitable, liveable, (2012c)
sustainable, equitable, and standard of living.
liveable).
25 Academic Based on the exploration of a wide Technology, Chourabi et al.
and extensive array of literature governance, policy (2012d)
from various disciplinary areas, we context, people and
identify eight critical factors of communities,
smart city initiatives: economy, built
(i) management and organization. infrastructure, and
(ii) technology. natural environment.
(iii) governance.
(iv) policy context.
(v) people and communities,
economy.
(vi) built infrastructure.
(vii) natural environment.

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