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Social media have increasingly been used for information exchange during extreme events (EEs). Yet, until recently it had not been systematically studied how government has used and can use social media under circumstances of extreme duress. This research describes how government actually engaged citizens through social media during and in the aftermath of an EE. It also highlights the potential benefits...
Smart city initiatives have been launched on every continent. That notwithstanding the concept of "smart city" has remained ambiguous. We systematically interviewed officials of an acclaimed Smart City (Seattle) and explicitly asked the officials for their own definitions of "smart city, " which we then compared to the respective projects run by that City. While the definitions...
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