Abstract
This chapter sets out to introduce the purpose of this book, its structure and the research methodology adopted to meet the expected outcome, that is, to demonstrate that the smart city concept has the potential to develop into something meaningful, which cities all over the world can benefit from, rather than get tangled up in the context of utopian urbanism. In order to achieve this aim, evidence shall be provided of the potential that smart cities have to overcome the utopian discourse they are currently embroiled in and develop into innovation systems that set the stage for a technology-enabled approach to urban sustainability. This evidence will be sourced from a review of the expanding literature on smart cities that has been published over the past 30 years, and the deployment of a mixed-method research strategy in which bibliometric techniques and case study research are combined.
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