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Urban innovation is a dynamic process through which public problems and challenges in urban environments are defined, new and creative ideas are developed, and new solutions are selected and implemented. It entails the collaborations between local governments, companies, NGOs, citizens, research institutes, and various other actors.
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More than half the world’s population lives in cities and these concentrate both problems and innovative capacity. Due to technological, economic, and demographic development, cities around the world face a broad set of challenges that are related, among others, to economic growth, sustainability, safety, mobility, and welfare. These problems are often “wicked” and require creative approaches. For these reasons, innovation in cities is high on the public, political, and administrative agenda: “everybody” talks about smart cities (Townsend 2014).
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Meijer, A. (2018). Urban Innovation. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3581-1
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