Exploring Smart City Vision by University, Industry and Government

Smart city is a recent topic, aiming at improving the quality of life of citizens in urban areas. Born like a bottom-up trend, it is now becoming crucial for urban planning in larger cities all over the world. The smart city implementation success depends on the synergic action by the triple helix key actors: public bodies, universities, and private companies. However, not ever these subjects share the same smart city vision. This paper aims at individuating similarities and differences in key actors smart city vision, by a large and deep literature review on both scientific papers and practitioner or institutional reports.