The degree and the way of upgrading differ widely per industry. This article tries to give some new insights in these differences by linking the concept of upgrading to that of the knowledge base. Moreover, we try to identify barriers to upgrading as well as the appropriate spatial scale on...

The chapter first explores the rise of the ‘network orthodoxy’. It proceeds to develop a critique of the regime-theoretical conception of the ruling class, building on my earlier work (Davies, 2002) and arguing that the Marxist conception is both stronger and, in the context of a theory of...

This paper discusses a key issue in the framework of modern urban development policies: the role of cultural tourism in processes of urban transformation. The analysis focuses specifically on how the emphasis on the symbolic in the restructuring of certain areas of the city may function like a...

Smart city means creativity and intelligence. In this paper we focus on the ‘smart city' concept, and understanding its selected features by students of the Faculty of Law, Administration and Management at the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. The data was collected in April 2016.The paper...

The realization of urban transformations, especially if it is aimed at large-scale building heritage enhancement and refurbishment, or infrastructure transformations - as in the case of the Sustainable Smart City projects - can take place through complex projects starting from the identification...

The research aims at spatial and socio-economic analysis of landscape patterns in Baltic coastal area of Estonia. The process of active suburbanization, which is analysed in the current work, is caused by complex socio-economical factors which arise from sociopolitical changes since the end of...

Street networks may be planned according to clear organizing principles or they may evolve organically through accretion, but their configurations and orientations help define a city's spatial logic and order. Measures of entropy reveal a city's streets' order and disorder. Past studies have...

One can argue that discrimination still exist even after the civil rights movement. Many researchers have measured discrimination concerning housing, predatory lending and education. However, only few research studies were conducted based on credit score information, which showed gaps between...

The field of ‘Urban Economics’ is an elusive object, whose US-based origins and internationalization we attempt to track in this paper. The most stable and distinctive object associated with the term ‘urban economics’ is the Alonso-Muth-Mills model. We thus reconstruct the field through...

Planning as practised today sharply contrasts with traditional planning which relied purely on experts’ judgement. Instead, participatory planning practices that put citizens at the centre of policy discussions have become increasingly popular. Recognising the rise of participation in urban...