Based on fieldwork conducted in Shenzhen last year, an article by three members of our China team (Ali Cheshmehzangi, Linjun Xie and May Tan-Mullins) has been published in the journal Cities. You can access the article here. Abstract This study looks into one of the most promising low carbon city planning initiatives in China, namely Shenzhen’s International …
Category: Publications
Call for Abstracts: Special Issue on ‘Smart, the New Sustainable?’
We are currently inviting abstracts for a special issue of the journal Sustainability, on the theme of ‘Smart, the New Sustainable? The Smart City and Its Implications for Sustainable Urbanism’. This special issue will be guest edited by three members of our Holland and UK teams: Martin de Jong, Simon Joss and Federico Caprotti. Original research articles …
New Article: Urban Experimentation and Institutional Arrangements
We’re happy to annouce that our latest project publication, co-authored by members of our Netherlands, Germany and China teams, is now available on open access. Drawing on our fieldwork last year, it compares institutional arrangements for smart city experimentation in the cities of Amsterdam, Hamburg and Ningbo. Authors: Rob Raven, Frans Sengers, Philipp Spaeth, …
Two Reports Launched at Cardiff Workshop
We launched two new reports at last week’s workshop on Sustainable Smart and Eco-city development in Cardiff (see pdf of the programme). The first (in English) provides a summary of some key policy pointers, based on our research in eight European and Chinese cities. It outlines some key policy directions (building the smart city), driving factors (who …
New Article on the British Smart City Standard
We’re proud to announce the publication of a new project article in the Journal of Urban Technology, co-authored by our team member Simon Joss. It explores the way that citizenship is framed in the new ‘smart city standard’ devised by the British Standards Institution. The article is available on open access. Abstract: Growing practice interest …
New Article: The Smart City and Its Publics
9 March 2017 A new article drawing on the project’s research in the UK has just been published in Urban Research & Practice, and is available on open access. The smart city and its publics: insights from across six UK cities. Abstract: In response to policy-makers’ increasing claims to prioritise ‘people’ in smart city development, we explore …
Smart-Eco Cities in China 2016: New Report
26 January 2017 Our new report profiles twelve Chinese cities which stand out for their ‘smart-eco’ ambitions: Chengdu, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhan and, Wuxi. It also includes an introductory section providing an overview of the current Chinese smart-eco ‘landscape’. Download report as pdf This report is part of a series, also …
New Article: Interrogating Urban Experiments
22 December 2016 In this new journal article, our project team members Federico Caprotti and Rob Cowley argue for a widening and deepening of critical engagement with the idea of ‘experimentation’ in the urban setting. A large number of local initiatives in cities around the world describe themselves as ‘living labs’, ‘future labs’, ‘citizen labs’, ‘urban …
Smart-Eco Cities in the Netherlands 2016: New Report
12 September 2016 Our new report, compiled by Frans Sengers (Utrecht University), profiles four Dutch cities which stand out for their ‘smart-eco’ ambitions: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, and Utrecht. It also includes an introductory section providing an overview of the current Netherlands smart-eco ‘landscape’. Download pdf This report is part of a series, also covering the …
New report: Smart-Eco Cities in the UK – Trends and City Profiles 2016
25 August 2016 Our new report profiles ten leading ‘smart-eco’ cities in the UK (Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Nottingham, Peterborough, and Sheffield), and also includes a summary overview of the 2016 national smart-eco ‘landscape’. It draws on research conducted over the last year. Download the UK report as a pdf. A …