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Title Urban experimentation and institutional arrangements
ID_Doc 42559
Authors Raven, R; Sengers, F; Spaeth, P; Xie, LJ; Cheshmehzangi, A; de Jong, M
Title Urban experimentation and institutional arrangements
Year 2019
Published European Planning Studies, 27, 2
DOI 10.1080/09654313.2017.1393047
Abstract Currently little is known about how institutional arrangements co-evolve with urban experimentation. This paper mobilizes neo-institutional literature and recent urban experimentation literature as a framework to explore how and why institutional arrangements differ across urban contexts. Empirically the paper focusses on smart city initiatives in Amsterdam, Hamburg and Ningbo. These three cities are frontrunners in adopting a comprehensive smart city agenda, but they do so in different ways. The paper examines regulative, normative and cognitive elements of institutional arrangements, explores how they shape experimentation, and reflects on their place-based specificities. The comparative analysis suggests that the focus of, and approach to, experimentation can be understood as resting in a (possibly unique) combination of strategic agency and dynamics at multiple spatial scales.
Author Keywords Urban experimentation; institutional arrangements; smart cities; comparative case study
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000453694200003
WoS Category Environmental Studies; Geography; Regional & Urban Planning; Urban Studies
Research Area Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Geography; Public Administration; Urban Studies
PDF https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09654313.2017.1393047?needAccess=true
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