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How Do Southern European Cities Foster Innovation? Lessons from the Experience of the Smart City Approaches of Barcelona and Milan

In: Smarter as the New Urban Agenda

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  • Mila Gascó

    (ESADE-Ramon Llull University)

  • Benedetta Trivellato

    (University of Milano-Bicocca)

  • Dario Cavenago

    (University of Milano-Bicocca)

Abstract

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.

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  • Mila Gascó & Benedetta Trivellato & Dario Cavenago, 2016. "How Do Southern European Cities Foster Innovation? Lessons from the Experience of the Smart City Approaches of Barcelona and Milan," Public Administration and Information Technology, in: J. Ramon Gil-Garcia & Theresa A. Pardo & Taewoo Nam (ed.), Smarter as the New Urban Agenda, edition 1, pages 191-206, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:paitcp:978-3-319-17620-8_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17620-8_10
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    1. Negar Noori & Thomas Hoppe & Martin de Jong, 2020. "Classifying Pathways for Smart City Development: Comparing Design, Governance and Implementation in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-24, May.
    2. Thomas Aguilera & Francesca Artioli & Claire Colomb, 2021. "Explaining the diversity of policy responses to platform-mediated short-term rentals in European cities: A comparison of Barcelona, Paris and Milan," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 53(7), pages 1689-1712, October.

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