Innovation districts are emerging as place-based, knowledge-based urban development strategies in diverse cities around the world. They have, however, been criticized for being non-participative top-down initiatives that encourage gentrification and income, social, racial polarization. In 2015, Mayor Berke launched Chattanooga's District city's downtown to accelerate transformation of Chattanooga into a knowledge city. This paper investigates programs implemented order mitigate negative...

Geographic proximity might not be the only factor influencing connections between neighborhoods within same city. Most likely, community’s needs and behaviors play a role in facilitating or hindering any these urban areas. Accordingly, relationships communities may differ similar based on their respective characteristics. This paper aims to demonstrate that are close they share, regardless of ethnicity geographic location. In this study, time series analysis neighborhoods’ is explored gain...

This paper investigates how public sector institutions change their form and approach to achieve a socially innovative urban governance. The “Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics” (MONUM) in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) proves representative case innovation the sector. As new type government agency, it is essentially an open lab dedicated evidence-based policymaking. Following dynamic organizational pattern governance, MONUM conducive project-oriented social practices horizontal...

Urban transition is gaining relevance in the academic and policy debate for rethinking urban development strategies toward resilience sustainability. The transformative power of innovation knowledge called upon to speed up process. In this paper, we address issue by exploring how ecosystem a crucial factor operationalizing city strategies. For scope, propose methodological approach identify city-level connecting dynamics with transformation. objective highlight are spurred its maturity...

Wood is one of the main materials used in buildings and furniture worldwide. After a disaster, indeed, considerable amount timber waste produced. generally downcycled—i.e., recycled into low-quality products, incinerated for energy production—or, worse, landfilled, but post-disaster situation, it not only represents quantitative issue an environmental hazard also acquires cultural, social, economic emotional value, thus requiring more effective ways to be managed. The Katrina Furniture...

Community-based urban development is an inclusive approach for local service provision and management centered on the proactive partnerships between communities governments. Rooted in deinstitutionalization of public services, European Union national policy effort pushing towards organization community-based alternatives response to evolving needs communities. As pandemic has shown, accessibility proven be a key concern element that addressed increase communities’ cities’ resilience. In this...

The paper aimed at exploring the role of local industrial clusters as a part an important evidence-based pathway for operationalizing smart specialization policy. Hitherto, scientific debate has been largely focused on relationship with business environment to boost competitiveness and mostly searched operationalization policy in economically successful regions. However, understanding (LCs), terms cluster industries that serve businesses residents, potential “building-blocks” Smart...

The location of the local network firms impacts, positively or negatively, their economic performance. interactions between different sectors in a territory are still not easily observable. We test complexity structure at level, given availability data very granular scale. This could greatly assist observing or/and locations that play dominant role regional economy. Thus, order to interpret territory, we used cluster-based analysis. analysis helps evaluating interconnections among constitute...

The paper reflects the progressive attention given to Smart Specialization Strategies (S3) in boosting implementation of Europe 2020 strategy at regional and local level. aim is focus on potentials that so-called Living Labs can reveal by connecting urban regeneration with S3, considering current European programming period. Lab, based Open Innovation Model, conceived as "smart interface" among enterprises, researchers, citizens public authorities order respond increasing service demand,...

The economy is a complex system, and the interactions between different agents are still not easy to quickly see-through. This complexity should reflect in spatial dimension; this way, tracking tradeoffs opens new window nexus of place flow. Due fact, economic systems often go through transitions end up another state, evolution embedded cities as motor paradigm shift. To adequately represent study these dynamics, we aim develop an integrated method based on network analysis science...

Under the umbrella concept of conviviality in public spaces, a research project on rehabilitation urban areas for commercial and retail uses-as engine complex process production places social cultural mixité-has been defined.The aim this has to produce useful tools coping with abandonment spaces former areas, without generating anonymous globalized districts.Through involving local stakeholders participatory process, first phase here presented needs demonstrate possible effectiveness pilot...

Urban regeneration acquired a powerful role in the shaping of future cities Globalization era. It could be considered public action market governed by different powers introducing more strategic approach contemporary urban planning theory and practice. The main features regard: area-based approach, strong awareness what are local needs/urban problems, effects/impacts initiatives. Since integration can one objective to get through regeneration, complexity as well peculiarity dynamics very...