%X Governance inefficiencies threaten the potential of smart city projects to deliver equitable urban transformations. Current strategies often hinder implementation, and risk harmful technological effects on communities. Tackling this challenge demands urgent reforms to better integrate scientific insights into smarter governance practices.
%J Nature Cities
%T Confronting the smart city governance challenge
%A Luca Mora
%A Paolo Gerli
%A Michael Batty
%A Emily Binet Royall
%A Natalia Carfi
%A Karl-Filip Coenegrachts
%A Martin de Jong
%A Marcelo Facchina
%A Marijn Janssen
%A Albert Meijer
%A Giulio Pasi
%A Massimo Perrino
%A Rob Raven
%A Abdinassir Sagar
%A Alessandro Sancino
%A Paolo Santi
%A Darren Sharp
%A Gregory Trencher
%A Liesbet van Zoonen
%A Pontus Westerberg
%A Orlando Woods
%A Xiaoling Zhang
%A Gesa Ziemer
%L discovery10205763
%I Springer Science and Business Media LLC
%V 2
%P 110-113
%O This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
%D 2025