# soc: a study about cities: the "smart city" phenomenon

AA selected 27 smart cities - from a full list of over 5550 worldwide cities with 100K inhabitants or more - for in-depth analysis, based on 346 documents, and characterised in terms of their 'smart city' dimensions.

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Top smart cities are global cities, new research reveals. University of Glasgow.  Feb 20, 2019.

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-02-smart-cities-global-reveals.html

Simon Joss, Frans Sengers, et al. The Smart City as Global Discourse: Storylines and Critical Junctures across 27 Cities. Journal of Urban Technology, 26:1, 3-34, doi: 10.1080/10630732.2018.1558387. Feb 13, 2019.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10630732.2018.1558387