December 2021

Public-Private Partnership in a Smart City: A Curious Case in Japan

Eoin Reeves (ed), University of Limerick, Ireland

Study by Daniela Pianezzi, Yuji Mori & Shahzad Uddin. 

Smart cities have been defined in the literature according to three key criteria: smart technology, smart people and smart collaboration. The third criterion, i.e. “smart collaboration”, the focus of this study, refers to the involvement of a wide variety of stakeholders—including citizens—in the governance of the city.

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