Smart Transitions in City Regionalism - Territory, Politics Quest for Competitiveness Sustainability

Informationen zum Autor Tassilo Herrschel is a Reader in Urban and Regional Governance in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster, UK, and Associate Research Fellow at the Brussels Centre for Urban Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Yonn Dierwechter is Professor in the Urban Studies Program at the University of Washington, Tacoma, USA Klappentext In recent years "smartness" has risen as a buzzword to characterise novel urban policy and development patterns. As a result of this, debates around what "smart" actually means have emerged within urban and regional studies. This book explores changes in discourse, rationality and responses of smartness through the theme of 'transition'. Zusammenfassung In recent years "smartness" has risen as a buzzword to characterise novel urban policy and development patterns. As a result of this, debates around what "smart" actually means have emerged within urban and regional studies. This book explores changes in discourse, rationality and responses of smartness through the theme of ‘transition’. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, 1. The Smart Turn: Tracing Transitions to City-Regional Smartness, 2. Economic Factors in Shaping City Regionalism and ‘Smartness’, 3. Political Factors in Shaping City Regionalism and ‘Smartness’, 4. Going for ‘smartness’: reframing city-regionalism, 5. Beyond Post-Fordist Regimes: Smart City-Regionalism in North America and Western Europe, 6. Beyond Post-Authoritarian Regimes: Smart City-Regionalism in Eastern Europe and South Africa, 7. Conclusions: Smart transitions in city-regionalism

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• Authors: Yonn Dierwechter, Dierwechter Yonn, Tassilo Herrschel, Tassilo Dierwechter Herrschel, Herrschel Tassilo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2018
• EAN: 9781138903609
• ISBN: 978-1-138-90360-9
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Regions and Cities
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Business & Economics / General, Economics, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development, Economics of industrial organisation, Human Geography, Urban communities, Development Studies, Development economics and emerging economies, Economics of industrial organization, Research and development management