THE USE OF CIM AND THE DIFUSION OF IDEAS IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC POLICIES IN THE SECTOR OF CITY MANAGEMENT

The diffusion of ideas in the field of public policy has been widely investigated in recent decades as a way to analyze how policies are made; who are the main actors involved (directly and indirectly) and how decisions for implementing urban programs are carried out. Therefore, this article discusses the topic of diffusion addressing two key questions: 1) The dissemination of ideas in the information technology area for actions in urban scale, examining the case of City Information Modelling (CIM) and, 2) The use CIM as a tool and means of delivery for the production of urban policies. Therefore, the paper critically reviews the international literature on diffusion in the field of information technology and in the field of public policy. The relevance of this work consists in the search for analysis of this field towards the production of knowledge that brings together information technology and management of cities, but in order to achieve this, they must go through the sphere of production, dissemination and implementation of public policies.