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Beyond Smart Cities - How Cities Network, Learn and Innovate (Hardcover, New)
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Beyond Smart Cities - How Cities Network, Learn and Innovate (Hardcover, New)
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The promise of competitiveness and economic growth in so-called
smart cities is widely advertised in Europe and the US. The promise
is focussed on global talent and knowledge economies and not on
learning and innovation. But to really achieve smart cities -- that
is to create the conditions of continuous learning and innovation
-- this book argues that there is a need to understand what is
below the surface and to examine the mechanisms which affect the
way cities learn and then connect together. This book draws on
quantitative and qualitative data with concrete case studies to
show how networks already operating in cities are used to foster
and strengthen connections in order to achieve breakthroughs in
learning and innovation. Going beyond smart cities means
understanding how cities construct, convert and manipulate
relationships that grow in urban environments. Cities discussed in
this book--Amman, Barcelona, Bilbao, Charlotte, Curitiba, Juarez,
Portland, Seattle and Turin--illuminate a blind spot in the
literature. Each of these cities has achieved important
transformations, and learning has played a key role, one that has
been largely ignored in academic circles and practice concerning
competitiveness and innovation
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