Urban transformation through national innovation competitions: Lessons from the UK’s Future City Demonstrator initiative

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Innovating urban governance: A research agenda

“…These analyses complement an emergent body of geographical work in urban governance aimed to unpack the workings, power dynamics, potentials and limits of innovatory techniques (e.g. Cowley and Joss, 2020; Magdaleno et al, 2022; Perng, 2018; Taylor Buck and While, 2017).…”

Past, present, future: Engagement with sustainable urban development through 35 city labels in the scientific literature 1990–2019

“…At the same time, city labels can be seen to exercise a useful performative role in enabling the envisioning of urban futures and, thus, driving policy action. In particular, they may be deployed by cities as part of serious strategic development and branding aimed at urban and industrial transformation (de Jong et al 2018), or by governments as part of national innovation programmes (Cowley and Joss, 2020). Altogether, the fashionable and often playful use of city labels by various urban actors can make it difficult to pinpoint their underlying meaning as well as the differences that exist between conceptual relatives such as 'smart ', 'digital', 'information' and 'innovation' city (Nam and Pardo, 2011).…”

Regenerierung von Innenstädten unter Schrumpfungsbedingungen. Evaluation eines Städtewettbewerbs und Analyse dessen Rolle für Klein- und Mittelstädte in Sachsen

“…Identitätsstiftende Projekte können von großer Bedeutung für die Innenstadtentwicklung sein und werden im internationalen Diskurs als "city branding" oder innerhalb von "Narrativen der Stadtentwicklung" diskutiert (Identitäten) (Evans, 2003;Dastgerdi und De Luca, 2019;Willinger, 2019: 104…”