Urban laboratories: Experiments in reworking cities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 379-392

  Karvonen, Andrew ^a   van Heur, Bas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Change orientation; Contingency; Experimentation; Laboratory studies; Pragmatism; Situatedness; STS; Urban laboratories

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84897585027     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12075     Document Type: Article

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