Recensie boek Laboratorium Amsterdam. Werken, leren, reflecteren (Majoor, Morel, Straathof, Suurenbroek & Van Winden) Vanuit het perspectief van de stad als laboratorium is de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) de afgelopen vier jaar de stad in getrokken om op vernieuwende wijze te werken aan stedelijke …

Can city administrations benefit from the entrepreneurial spirit of startups, and create better urban solutions with their help? In this paper, we critically assess the interplay between startups and city administrations for city-driven innovative public procurement or “challenge-based procurement” policy, …

This title was first published in 2001. Analyzing and comparing several growth clusters in nine European cities, this compelling volume examines the critical success factors that determine the economic development of urban regions.

Since the late 1990s, city councils have become increasingly aware of the potential for information technologies (ICTs) to improve the management of cities and as an instrument for economic and social policy. This has resulted in a wave of urban ICT strategies and policies, such as the adoption of ICTs …

In this short paper, we give an overview on how this major trend is unfolding and, specifically, how it affects cities. We take the following starting points: • Digitalization is a strong force that “happens” everywhere in the (urban) society. It has positive and negative effects – explored later in …

This paper puts forward a conceptual framework to analyse emergence and the development of planned knowledge locations in cities (science and technology parks, creative factories, knowledge hubs, etc.). It argues that the study and the practice of developing these precincts can benefit from explicitly …

In diesem ersten LOGbuch, das die Internationale Bauausstellung IBA Heidelberg im vierten Jahr ihres Bestehens herausgibt, wird das ambitionierte Thema Wissen | schafft | Stadt ausgelotet und in seiner Relevanz für Heidelberg als Programm gefasst. Der erste Teil erläutert die Grundlagen des Diskurses …

Vanzelfsprekend is het realiseren van maatschappelijke innovatie in buurten moeizaam: nieuwe initiatieven schuren niet alleen met bestaande gewoonten en gebruiken, maar ook soms met regels en culturen. De confrontatie tussen het ambititeuze burgerinitiatief en de vaak minnetjes reagerende overheid is …