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A blueprint for strategic urban research: the 'urban piazza'

Kourtit, Karima, Nijkamp, Peter, Franklin, Rachel S. and Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés ORCID: 0000-0002-8041-0856 (2014) A blueprint for strategic urban research: the 'urban piazza'. Town Planning Review, 85 (1). pp. 97-126. ISSN 0041-0020

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Identification Number: 10.3828/tpr.2014.7

Abstract

Urban research in many countries has failed to keep up with the pace of rapidly and constantly evolving urban change. The growth of cities, the increasing complexity of their functions and the complex intra-and inter-urban linkages in this ‘urban century’ demand new approaches to urban analysis, which, from a systemic perspective, supersede the existing fragmentation in urban studies. In this paper we propose the concept of the urban piazza as a framework in order to address some of the inefficiencies associated with current urban analysis. By combining wealth-creating potential with smart urban mobility, ecological resilience and social buzz in this integrated and systemic framework, the aim is to set the basis for a ‘New Urban World’ research blueprint, which lays the foundation for a broader and more integrated research programme for strategic urban issues.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2014 Liverpool University Press
Divisions: European Institute
Geography & Environment
Spatial Economics Research Centre
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2014 16:45
Last Modified: 06 Jan 2024 22:18
Funders: Regional Science Association International
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/55813

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