Strategies for Urban Network Learning: International Practices and Theoretical Reflections

ISBN-13: 9783030360504 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 361 str.

Leon van den Dool

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Studying Strategies for Urban Network Learning

Leon van den Dool and Linze Schaap

PART I. THEORIES AND REFLECTIONS

2. Learning processes in an urban governance context: a theoretical exploration

Leon van den Dool and Linze Schaap

3. From “Best Practice” to “Relevant Practice” in International City-to-City Learning

Robin Hambleton

PART II. APPROACHES TO URBAN GOVERNANCE NETWORK LEARNING

4. City-Region Governance Labs: Governance Learning by Strategic Policymakers from European City Regions

Linze Schaap, Niels Karsten, Carlo Colombo, Maaike Damen

5. Networking and Learning in Urban Living Labs: the Case of the Housing Innovation Lab in Boston

Giorgia Nesti

6. Understanding Gentrification: Learning through Field Visits to Amsterdam, Yogyakarta, and Rotterdam 

Remco Vermeulen

7. Learning Through Collaboration: the Case of City Deals in The Netherlands

Marloes Dignum, David Hamers, David Evers 

8. Two Reflexive Methods for Evaluating Public Policy Practice in Urban Network Contexts: Learning History and Learning Evaluation

Michael Duijn

PART III. TECHNIQUES FOR URBAN GOVERNANCE NETWORK LEARNING

9. Learning in Complex Urban Networks: Can Group Mentoring Help?

Leon van den Dool

10. City Visitations as Instruments of Urban Network Learning: the Case of the 2011 Flemish City Visitations 

Herwig Reynaert, Arno Korsten, Tom Verhelst

11. Crowd-Sourced Planning, Crowd-Monitoring, and Organisational Learning

Norbert Kersting

12. Can Peer-to-Peer Learning Support Energy Transition in Cities and Regions?

Elena Marie Ensenado and Jen Heemann 

13. Lessons about Learning from Serious Games: the Learning Potential of Co-creation and Gameplay in Participatory Urban Planning Processes 

Cristina Ampatzidou

14. Urban Gaming: Learning about the Energy Transition at the Local Level with Go2Zero

Geertje Bekebrede

15. Urban Network Learning: Conclusions

Leon van den Dool and Linze Schaap

O autorze

Leon van den Dool is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is also a senior manager within the consultancy practice of PwC for local governments.

Blurb

This book presents international experiences in urban network learning. It is vital for cities to learn as it is necessary to constantly adapt and improve public performance and address complex challenges in a constantly changing environment. It is therefore highly relevant to gain more insight into how cities can learn. Cities address problems and challenges in networks of co-operation between existing and new actors, such as state actors, market players and civil society. This book presents various learning environments and methods for urban network learning, and aims to learn from experiences across the globe. How does learning take place in these urban networks? What factors and situations help or hinder these learning practices? Can we move from intuition to a strategy to improve urban network learning?

Leon van den Dool is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is also a senior manager within the consultancy practice of PwC for local governments.