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Funding a Smart City: From Concept to Actuality

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Envisioning a Smart City involves creativity and planning; however, the singular most important question in any Smart City design is: “How will it be funded?” Without project capital and secured funding, a Smart City vision will remain exactly that: just a vision. This chapter examines the complex process of identifying, pursuing, and securing funding for a Smart City program, and offers tools and considerations to help advance Smart City concepts to actuality.

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    Stephen R. Galati

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    Jesus A. Jimenez

  3. Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA, Gridmates Inc., Austin, USA

    George Koutitas

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Galati, S.R. (2018). Funding a Smart City: From Concept to Actuality. In: McClellan, S., Jimenez, J., Koutitas, G. (eds) Smart Cities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59381-4_2

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