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Can Smart City Data be Used to Create New Official Statistics?

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|Mar 2021

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Language: English
Page range: 121 - 147
Submitted on: Oct 1, 2019
Accepted on: Dec 1, 2020
Published online: Mar 13, 2021
Published in print: Mar 1, 2021
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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