Smart cities with a Nordic twist? Public sector digitalization in Finnish data-rich cities

Johanna Ylipulli; Aale Luusua

doi:10.1016/j.tele.2020.101457

Smart cities with a Nordic twist? Public sector digitalization in Finnish data-rich cities

Johanna Ylipulli^*, Aale Luusua

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The article studies the urban digitalization and smart city development in the context of Nordic society. The exploration focuses on city officials' views concerning the two largest cities in Finland, Helsinki and Espoo. Both cities are investing heavily on urban digitalization, and they are also building specific smart city districts. The central contexts for the study are the Nordic welfare state model and Finnish cities’ role in society as crucial service providers. The article follows especially conceptualizations connected to urban data which have been highlighted in recent critical smart city research and are also at the heart of the studied cities’ digitalization programmes.

Original language	English
Article number	101457
Number of pages	9
Journal	Telematics and Informatics
Volume	55
Early online date	1 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2020.101457
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Data
Digitalization
Expert interviews
Nordic welfare state
Qualitative research
Smart city

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