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Title	Smart Cities And The Urban Digital Divide
ID_Doc	49437
Authors	Caragliu A.; Del Bo C.F.
Year	2023
Published	npj Urban Sustainability, 3, 1
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42949-023-00117-w
Abstract	The debate on urban smartness as an instrument for managing more efficient cities has been revolving around the notion that Smart Cities might be causing an increase in inequalities. This effect would be caused by the role played in smart urban transformations by Multi-National Corporations, which would be influencing local policymakers’ agendas. In this work we empirically verify whether smart urban characteristics are associated with an increase in urban inequalities along the digital divide dimension among urban dwellers. To this aim, we exploit a large database of 181 European cities, with data on smart urban characteristics, along with measures of the digital divide obtained with the use of survey data carried out at the European Union level. Results show a negative causal relation between the level of urban smartness and the digital divide within-EU cities. Our findings are robust to a number of robustness checks. © 2023, The Author(s).
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