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Innovative Cities presents a unique international comparison of innovation in Amsterdam, London, Milan, Paris and Stuttgart. Based on research funded by the ESRC program on 'Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion', it compares and contrasts the reasons why these sites are among the top ten innovative cities in Europe. Innovation is one of the key driving forces of economic growth in modern economies. The research reported here takes a careful and directly comparable look at what characteristics and conditions in the five cities have led to the flourishing of innovation in them. Researchers with detailed local knowledge have applied the same analytical tools and survey techniques to investigating this question and the result present a unique international comparison of innovation in the five cities.
Innovative Cities presents a unique international comparison of innovation in Amsterdam, London, Milan, Paris and Stuttgart. Based on research funded by the ESRC program on' Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion', it compares and contrasts the reasons why these sites are among the top ten innovative cities in Europe. Innovation is one of the key driving forces of economic growth in modern economies. The research reported here takes a careful and directly comparable look at what characteristics and conditions in the five cities have led to the flourishing of innovation in them. Researchers with detailed local knowledge have applied the same analytical tools and survey techniques to investigating this question and the results present a unique international comparison of innovation in the five cities.
As a textbook for students in planning, geography and urban
studies, this work provides both an introduction to the problems
and practices of planning in general and an illustration of them
using the London region in particular. The authors look at the
decrepit public transport, congestion, noise, dirt, crime, poverty,
begging, homelessness and addresses these issues in terms of
history, jobs, housing, transport and the quality of the
environment. Future options are considered. The book is divided
into four major parts. Part One provides an introduction. Part Two
addresses some major problems confronting anyone seeking to plan
for London: unemployment, housing and transport. These issues are
dealt with both individually and in terms of their
inter-relationships, with emphasis placed on the need to relate
employment and housing to each other in terms of both their
individual land-use requirements and the transportation and
communication links between them. Part Three deals with the past
and present politics and practices of planning London. Part Four
looks at both the future, focusing on the special characteristics
of London as a world city, and the recent past in terms of changes
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This work examines the actual effects of urban planning in a
comparative framework largely based on the UK and California. The
planning process has been under attack throughout Europe and North
America for a decade and more; this book takes the criticisms
seriously and looks closely at what has actually happened. Its
conclusions are critical and radical: that major changes are called
for, such as the abolition of "green belts", more permitted
development, and a greater concentration on environmental impacts.
Through a detailed analysis of studies of the effects of planning,
the book compares low levels of urban containment in California
with much higher levels in the UK; some comparative insights are
also drawn from the (pre-conflict) Yugoslavian planning system. The
analysis shows that many of the serious criticisms of planning are
valid and leads to the conclusion that some sacred cows - notably
"green belts" - should be abandoned. This book should be of
interest to students, researchers and professionals in planning,
geography and urban studies. It also provides authoritative
analysis and perspectives for a wider readership concerned with the
planning process and its effects, no
Why are old technologies persisted with after better alternatives
have been invented? This book examines this question, a central
concern of evolutionary economics, specifically focusing on
renewable energy technologies. The concept of path dependence is
used to analyse why and how technological development can become
locked-in to inefficient ways of doing things. This book shows how
lock-in can be avoided by the creation of new technological
pathways. The chapters focus on the comparatively recent
introduction of new wind turbine technologies for the generation of
carbon free electricity. This case study provides valuable lessons
in understanding the issues confronting inventors attempting to
commercialise their new ideas in the form of innovations in the
face of historically established conventional technologies. It is
also set within the critical debate on climate change and the need
to de-carbonise energy supplies in order to stop further man-made
deterioration in the global environment. This book was originally
published as a special issue of European Planning Studies.
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