Beschreibung:
This book draws on quantitative and qualitative data with concrete case studies to show how networks already operating in cities are used to foster and strengthen connections in order to achieve breakthroughs in learning and innovation.
1. Overview 2. The Slow Emergence of Learning Cities in an Urbanizing World 3. Cities as Collective Learners: What Do We Know? 4. A Gamut of Learning Types 5. Light on a Shadow Economy: City Learning in 53 Cities 6. Informal Learners - Turin, Portland and Charlotte 7. Technical Learning: Curitiba and City Think Tanks 8. Corporate Styles: Bilbao, Seattle and Others 9. Clouds of Trust in Style 10. Taking Stock: Why Some Cities Learn and Others Do Not 11. Turning the Learning World Upside Down - Pathways Forward in Policy and Research