TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the pathway that leads to cities to proceeding towards urban sustainability.Design/methodology/approach This study intends to propose a theoretical analysis on the city as sustainable community that drives urban development adopting a smart vision for urban growth.Findings Cities as sustainable urban communities develop smartness as a vision for change understanding and developing the potential offered by information technology reinforcing the community by shaping collaborative governance.Research limitations/implications Cities using information technology as a source for urban sustainability develop smartness to evolve as smart communities following a managerial and organizational view towards sustainability as a source for continuous innovation and change within urban ecosystem.Originality/value Cities identify a sustainability-oriented and community-driven pathway as a vision for continuous change that helps to improve urban competitiveness, innovation and democracy ensuring high quality of life by strengthening the potential offered by technology-enabled and human-centred smartness.
VL  - 49
IS  - 7
SN  - 0368-492X
DO  - 10.1108/K-07-2019-0516
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/K-07-2019-0516
AU  - Romanelli Mauro
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - Analysing the role of information technology towards sustainable cities living
T2  - Kybernetes
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 2037
EP  - 2052
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -