Beyond smart cities : how cities network, learn and innovate / Tim Campbell.

Beyond smart cities : how cities network, learn and innovate /

"The promise of competitiveness and economic growth in so-called smart cities is widely advertised in Europe and the US. The promise is focused 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 c...

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Main Author: Campbell, Tim, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Earthscan, 2012.
Subjects:
City planning > Case studies.
Cities and towns > Growth > Case studies.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • The slow emergence of learning cities in an urbanizing world
  • Cities as collective learners : what do we know?
  • A gamut of learning types
  • Light on a shadow economy : city learning in 53 cities
  • Informal learners : Turin, Portland and Charlotte
  • Technical learning : Curitiba and city think tanks
  • Corporate styles : Bilbao, Seattle and others
  • Clouds of trust in style
  • Taking stock : why some cities learn and others do not
  • Turning the learning world upside down : pathways forward in policy and research.

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