Sarah Barns|Ellie Cosgrave|Michele Acuto|Donald McNeill
Digital Infrastructures and Urban Governance
Western Sydney University|University College London|University College London|Western Sydney University
urban built environment underpinned increasingly complex digital infrastructure posing variety unpredictable unprecedented challenges urban governance paper discusses new hard digital infrastructures broadband accompanied need understand governance public sector information turn relates emergence smart city strategies paper illustrated using empirical examples drawn australian digital infrastructure development reference international landscape smart city developments argues significant mismatch often small scale bounded capabilities municipal government operational expertise scope technology firms