CeDEM15

CeDEM15
Author: Parycek, Peter
Publisher: MV-Verlag
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN: 3902505699

Innovation Society Today

Innovation Society Today
Author: Werner Rammert
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3658192690

The book offers new theoretical perspectives on innovation, analyzes innovation processes in diverse innovation fields, and presents case studies that reflect the diversity of innovations fields. To what extent and in what sense does innovation characterize our societies today? Innovations are no longer limited to the economic sphere; we find them in almost all areas of society today. Diverse actors generate innovations in different, increasingly reflexive ways. New concepts, practices, and institutional forms such as open source, crowdfunding, or citizen panels expand the spectrum.

Territorial Cohesion

Territorial Cohesion
Author: Eduardo Medeiros
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-12-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030033864

This book offers a comprehensive overview of several urban related aspects that are of central importance to successful territorial cohesion processes. In essence, it sheds new light on issues concerning urban polycentrism, functional urban regions, integrated sustainable urban development, and the EU Urban Agenda; and on how they can help to achieve territorial cohesion policy goals. As an elusive and fairly recent concept, territorial cohesion has to date only been vaguely debated in the available literature, which for the most part focuses on its historical origins and its relevance for EU policymaking. Instead, this book synthesizes, for the first time, a range of perspectives that place urban elements and policies at the core of territorial cohesion analysis. As such, and given the fact that territorial cohesion is a holistic concept, the book will appeal to a broad readership from both the academic and policymaking arenas.