Beyond Smart Cities: How Cities Network, Learn and Innovate

Author:   Tim Campbell (Urban Age Institute, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   254
Publication Date:   31 January 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Tim Campbell (Urban Age Institute, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Earthscan Ltd
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781849714259


ISBN 10:   1849714258
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   31 January 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Overview 2. The Slow Emergence of Learning Cities in an Urbanizing World 3. Cities as Collective Learners: What Do We Know? 4. A Gamut of Learning Types 5. Light on a Shadow Economy: City Learning in 53 Cities 6. Informal Learners – Turin, Portland and Charlotte 7. Technical Learning: Curitiba and City Think Tanks 8. Corporate Styles: Bilbao, Seattle and Others 9. Clouds of Trust in Style 10. Taking Stock: Why Some Cities Learn and Others Do Not 11. Turning the Learning World Upside Down – Pathways Forward in Policy and Research

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<strong> This book draws on quantitative and qualitative data with concrete case studies to show how networks already operating in cities are used to foster and strengthen connections in order to achieve breakthroughs in learning and innovation </strong> - <em>Soziale Technik</em>


This book draws on quantitative and qualitative data with concrete case studies to show how networks already operating in cities are used to foster and strengthen connections in order to achieve breakthroughs in learning and innovation Soziale Technik


<strong> This book draws on quantitative and qualitative data with concrete case studies to show how networks already operating in cities are used to foster and strengthen connections in order to achieve breakthroughs in learning and innovation </strong> <em>Soziale Technik</em>


""This book draws on quantitative and qualitative data with concrete case studies to show how networks already operating in cities are used to foster and strengthen connections in order to achieve breakthroughs in learning and innovation"" – Soziale Technik


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Tim Campbell has worked for more than 35 years in urban development with experience in scores of countries and hundreds of cities in Latin America, South and East Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa. His areas of expertise include strategic urban planning, city development strategies, decentralization, urban policy, and social and poverty impact of urban development. He is chairman of the Urban Age Institute, which fosters leadership and innovation between and among cities in areas of strategic urban planning, urban policy and management, sustainable environmental planning, and poverty reduction. Campbell retired from the World Bank in December 2005 after more than 17 years working in various capacities in the urban sector. Before joining the Bank, he worked for over 13 years as a private consultant and university professor. His consulting clients included private sector firms, governments, and international organizations. He taught at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley. He lived in rural and small town Costa Rica for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer.

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