TY - CHAP
T1 - How Do Southern European Cities Foster Innovation? Lessons from the Experience of the Smart City Approaches of Barcelona and Milan
AU - Gascó, Mila
AU - Trivellato, Benedetta
AU - Cavenago, Dario
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Innovation, and technological innovation in particular, can help city governments meet the challenges of urban governance, improve urban environments, become more competitive, and address sustainability concerns. To prevent and manage these challenges, cities need to operate in an innovative way. In this context, the smart city approach is emerging as a way of solving tangled and difficult problems. However, there is not a unique and right strategy to develop a smart city. By drawing on a comparison between the experiences of Barcelona (Spain) and Milan (Italy), this chapter aims to explore similarities and differences in the way these two Southern European cities, both being the second largest in their respective countries, are building their smart city agenda. The ultimate aim is to identify the main features of two still developing approaches, which appear to be influenced by the increasing integration of smart dimensions and initiatives in the cities’ strategic agendas and the related opportunities and challenges.
AB - Innovation, and technological innovation in particular, can help city governments meet the challenges of urban governance, improve urban environments, become more competitive, and address sustainability concerns. To prevent and manage these challenges, cities need to operate in an innovative way. In this context, the smart city approach is emerging as a way of solving tangled and difficult problems. However, there is not a unique and right strategy to develop a smart city. By drawing on a comparison between the experiences of Barcelona (Spain) and Milan (Italy), this chapter aims to explore similarities and differences in the way these two Southern European cities, both being the second largest in their respective countries, are building their smart city agenda. The ultimate aim is to identify the main features of two still developing approaches, which appear to be influenced by the increasing integration of smart dimensions and initiatives in the cities’ strategic agendas and the related opportunities and challenges.
KW - Barcelona
KW - Innovation
KW - Milan
KW - Smart cities
KW - Urban planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064731061&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-17620-8_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-17620-8_10
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85064731061
T3 - Public Administration and Information Technology
SP - 191
EP - 206
BT - Public Administration and Information Technology
PB - Springer
ER -