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Title	Smart Cities, Epistemic Communities, Advocacy Coalitions And The 'Last Mile' Problem
ID_Doc	49754
Authors	Kitchin, R; Coletta, C; Evans, L; Heaphy, L; MacDonncha, D
Year	2017
Published	IT-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 59, 6
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/itit-2017-0004
Abstract	We argue that the ideas, ideals and the rapid proliferation of smart city rhetoric and initiatives globally have been facilitated and promoted by three interrelated communities: (i) 'urban technocrats'; (ii) a smart cities 'epistemic community'; (iii) a wider 'advocacy coalition'. We examine their roles and the multiscale formation, and why despite their influence they encounter a 'last mile problem'; that is, smart city initiatives are yet to become fully mainstreamed. We illustrate this last mile problem through a discussion of plans to introduce smart lighting in Dublin.
Author Keywords	Smart cities; epistemic community; advocacy coalition; technocrats; urban governance; city administration; smart lighting

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