Author, as appears in the article.: Manjon, Miguel; Crutzen, Nathalie;
Department: Economia
URV's Author/s: Manjón Antolín, Miguel Carlos
Keywords: Stress Strategies R58 R11 Q56 Policies P25 Networks Impact Energy Commitment Climate City Capacity
Abstract: Urban areas all over the world are looking to become Smart Sustainable Cities (SSCs), i.e. sustainable urban environments that extensively use ICT and related technologies. However, little is known about the effectiveness of SSC initiatives in terms of sustainable outcomes and/or the factors driving such initiatives. This paper provides empirical evidence on the role of air quality as target of and trigger for SSC initiatives in Wallonian municipalities. Results from regression analyses indicate that, for those municipalities with a higher scope to achieve emissions reductions (low levels of past air quality) and a strong commitment in their smart city initiatives (level of implementation and orientation), SSCs are acting as a successful transnational local initiative for sustainability. They also support the view that sustainability is a major driver of the SSCs, since a better quality of air positively affects the probability that a municipality engages in sustainability-oriented (but also digitally-oriented) smart city initiatives.
Thematic Areas: Social sciences (miscellaneous) Social sciences (all) Regional & urban planning Interdisciplinar Geography General social sciences General environmental science Farmacia Environmental studies Environmental science (miscellaneous) Environmental science (all) Engenharias iii Economics Economia Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: miguel.manjon@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-6291-9480
Record's date: 2023-02-23
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00168-021-01089-4?utm_source=xmol&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=meta&utm_campaign=DDCN_1_GL01_metadata
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Annals Of Regional Science. 68 (2): 359-386
APA: Manjon, Miguel; Crutzen, Nathalie; (2022). Air quality in smart sustainable cities: target and/or trigger?. Annals Of Regional Science, 68(2), 359-386. DOI: 10.1007/s00168-021-01089-4
Article's DOI: 10.1007/s00168-021-01089-4
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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