E-Government and Smart Cities: Theoretical Reflections and Case Studies

Abstract

This editorial introduces the thematic issue on “E-Government and Smart Cities: Theoretical Reflections and Case Studies” and presents five articles and one commentary related to e-government and smart cities. All contributions take a use-case driven research approach to investigate, discuss and comment (on) overarching themes such as data, governance and participation which are inherently linked to the concepts of e-government and smart cities.

Keywords

• e-government
• government communication
• government services
• participation
• smart city
• smart governance