Introduction -- Cluster and Smart specialization: different approaches to design innovation policy -- The intricate relationship between Smart Specialization and Clusters -- An untapped knowledge source towards implementing Smart Specialization: the life cycle of clusters.This book investigates cluster-life-cycle (CLC) analysis to inform the entrepreneurial discovery process (EDP), in order to …
Living in a fearscape? -- Western paradoxes of security and fear -- Us and Them: otherness and exclusion -- Fear and space -- Planning, fear and power -- Thinking future.This book examines the phenomenon of urban fear – the increasing anxiety over crime and violence in Western cities despite their high safety – with a view to developing a comprehensive, critical, exploratory theory of fear,…
Chapter 1: Entrepreneurial Urbanism in India: A Framework Smitha Kanekanti Chandrasekhar -- Part I: Urban Governance and Institutions -- Chapter 2: Introducing Urban Entrepreneurialism in India: An Analysis of Programmatic Interventions Debolina Kundu -- Chapter 3: Entrepreneurial Governance in a resilient city: Bengaluru, India Sudhira H.S. -- Part II: Political Economy of Urbanisation -- Chap…
Introduction -- The Mediterranean Idea: From the Roman Mare Nostrum to the Book of the Sea by Naḥum Slouschz (1948) -- Mediterranean as a Supra-Regional Interaction Sphere during Late Prehistory An Overview on Problems and Prospects -- Settlements in the Hellenistic Period in Cilicia -- Anthroscapes: A Robust Basis for Mapping Land Quality and Sustainable Land Use Patterns -- Visible / Invisi…
Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter2: Foundations For Land-Use Planning Projects Determines Sustainability -- Chapter3: Site Selection With Attention To Susceptibility To Natural And Human Caused Hazards -- Chapter4: Strategic Palnning For Urban Centers: Present and Future -- Chapter5: Planning For Existing Polluting Industries And Parks Zoned For Industrial Development -- Chapter6: Curtailing Ag…
Chapter 1. Al Alamein New City, A Sustainability Battle To Win -- Chapter 2. Productive Urban Development: Linking Planning And Economy In Al-Alamein New City, Egypt -- Chapter 3. The Story Of Neom City Opportunities And Challenges -- Chapter 4. King Abdullah Economic City: The Growth Of New Sustainable City In Saudi Arabia -- Chapter 5. Land Value Capture As A New Sustainable Financing Mechani…
The concept and practice of Smart Metropolitan Regional Development -- Metropolitan Region of Abuja, the New Capital of Nigeria -- Surat Metropolitan Region Gujarat, India -- Kozhikode Metropolitan Region, Kerala, India -- National Capital Metropolitan Region Delhi, India -- Metropolitan Region of Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa -- Metropolitan Region Naples, Italy -- Metropolitan Region of Chan…
This book evaluates why cities choose to bid for the Olympics, why Olympic bids fail, and whether cities can benefit from failed bids. Attention is shifted away from host cities (or winners), to consider the impact of the bidding process on urban development in losing cities. Oliver and Lauermann show that bidding is often a politically strategic exercise, as planning ideas are recycled from on…
Relevance of Smart Economy in Smart Cities in Africa -- African Cities in Time and Space: Past, Emerging Trends and Perspectives -- Africa’s Smart City Foundation: Urbanization, Urban Form and Structure, Land Tenure and Basic Infrastructures -- Cities in the Context of Climate Change: Opportunities for Local Authorities in Climate Action in Africa -- Biodiversity for Smart Cities in Africa --…
1. City and Society -- 2. In Search of the City -- 3. Industrialization and Urbanization of Early Capitalism -- 4. Triumph and Tribulations of the Mass-Production Metropolis -- 5. Cities in a Globalizing World -- 6. The Third Wave -- 7. Mainsprings of Resurgence -- 8. Social Differentiation and Forms of Life -- 9. Through the Kaleidoscope -- 10. The Urban Commonwealth.This book presents an expl…