“…These include public inclusion and participation (Becker et al, 2023 ; Bouzguenda et al, 2019 ; Castelnovo et al, 2016 ; Granier & Kudo, 2016 ; López-Quiles & Bolívar, 2018 ; Rodríguez Bolívar, 2018 ) and the design, delivery, and quality of public services as enabled by smart city technologies (Anttiroiko et al, 2014 ; Ben, 2020 ; Letaifa, 2015 ; Lulin, 2017 ; Miranda et al, 2023 ; Oschinsky et al, 2022 ; Reiche, 2020 ). Smart city governance issues receiving relatively less coverage are transparency in policymaking (Cucciniello et al, 2016 ; David et al, 2018 ; Jacobs et al, 2022 ; Lnenicka et al, 2022 ; Yadav, 2015 ), government communication to the general public (Laenens et al, 2018 ; Nadapdap et al, 2016 ), and more abstract concepts like fairness and equity in smart city development (Gibbs et al, 2013 ; Kitchin, 2019 ; Kontokosta & Hong, 2021 ; Mouton et al, 2019 ; Sarkar, 2020 ; Yigitcanlar et al, 2021 ).…”