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Title	Smart Barcelona: The Gap Between Inspiring Rhetoric And Lackluster Implementation In Transformative Approaches
ID_Doc	49180
Authors	Alizadeh T.; Dutia E.; Clements R.
Year	2024
Published	Planning Practice and Research, 39, 5
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2024.2369977
Abstract	Barcelona is championed as the exemplary radical smart city, and yet scholarly understandings are typically limited to its theoretical approach and policy rhetoric. This paper, however, interrogates the extent to which Smart Barcelona has been implemented. It deploys a novel method of thematically analyzing 51 public talks by Barcelona’s first Chief Technology Officer, cross-examined with policy documents–to unpack the smart agenda. This agenda is then contrasted with insights into the ‘actual smart city’ implementation via interviews with 10 key informants. Findings reveal a lackluster progress including limited citizen input, ongoing reliance on ‘Big Tech’, and missing integration capacity. © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Author Keywords	Barcelona; bottom-up; digital; governance; Smart city

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