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Creative Buzz Districts In Smart Cities: Urban Retro-Fitting And Urban Forward-Fitting Plans

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  • Karima Kourtit

    (Department of Spatial Economics,VU University Amsterdam)

  • Peter Nijkamp

    (Department of Spatial Economics,VU University Amsterdam)

Abstract

This paper presents a new methodology for evaluating ‘urban buzz’ districts as part of a general urban rehabilitation policy, in which forward-fitting plans are incorporated and play a key role. Such plans are part of smart city initiatives based on a blend of creativeness and intelligence. The so-called decompositional evaluation method based on a multicriteria analysis is illustrated for a case study in Amsterdam, viz. the NDSM area.

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  • Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp, 2013. "Creative Buzz Districts In Smart Cities: Urban Retro-Fitting And Urban Forward-Fitting Plans," Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Romanian Regional Science Association, vol. 7(2), pages 37-57, DECEMBER.
    • Handle: RePEc:rrs:journl:v:7:y:2013:i:2:p:37-57
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    Keywords

    urban buzz district; smart city; multicriteria analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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