Urban experimentation and institutional arrangements

European Planning Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 258-281

  Raven, Rob ^a   Sengers, Frans ^a   Spaeth, Philipp ^b   Xie, Linjun ^c   Cheshmehzangi, Ali ^c   de Jong, Martin ^d,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

comparative case study; institutional arrangements; smart cities; Urban experimentation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SMART CITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; CHINA; GERMANY; HAMBURG [GERMANY]; HAMBURG [HAMBURG (STT)]; NETHERLANDS; NINGBO; NORTH HOLLAND; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 85032020221     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2017.1393047     Document Type: Article

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