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The Experimental City

Evans, James ; Karvonen, Andrew LU and Raven, Rob (2016)
Abstract
This book explores how the concept or urban experimentation is being used to reshape practices of knowledge production in urban debates about resilience, climate change governance, and socio-technical transitions.

With contributions from leading scholars, and case studies from the Global North and South, from small- to large-scale cities, this book suggests that urban experiments offer novel modes of engagement, governance, and politics that both challenge and complement conventional strategies. The book is organized around three cross-cutting themes. Part I explores the logics of urban experimentation, different approaches, and how and why they are deployed. Part II considers how experiments are being staged within cities, by... (More)
This book explores how the concept or urban experimentation is being used to reshape practices of knowledge production in urban debates about resilience, climate change governance, and socio-technical transitions.

With contributions from leading scholars, and case studies from the Global North and South, from small- to large-scale cities, this book suggests that urban experiments offer novel modes of engagement, governance, and politics that both challenge and complement conventional strategies. The book is organized around three cross-cutting themes. Part I explores the logics of urban experimentation, different approaches, and how and why they are deployed. Part II considers how experiments are being staged within cities, by whom, and with what effects. Part III examines how entire cities or groups of cities are constructed as experiments.

This book develops a deeper and more socially and politically nuanced understanding of how urban experiments shape cities and drive wider changes in society, providing a framework to examine the phenomenon of urban experimentation in conceptual and empirical detail.
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editor
Evans, James ; LU and Raven, Rob
publishing date
type
Book/Report
publication status
published
subject
pages
280 pages
publisher
Routledge
external identifiers
  • scopus:85107577371
ISBN
9781138299672
9781315719825
DOI
10.4324/9781315719825-2
language
English
LU publication?
no
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43eb8a6a-aeff-41cd-bdf9-738e2c8b12c0
date added to LUP
2021-10-01 13:23:51
date last changed
2024-06-15 17:23:06
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