Innovation Capacity and the City : : The Enabling Role of Design.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Series
• Author: Concilio, Grazia.
• TeilnehmendeR: Tosoni, Ilaria.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.; Ã2019.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (108 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Cities as Breeding Grounds: What Answers to Global Challenges? -- 1.2 How Can We Accompany Transition Processes? -- 1.3 What Role Can Design Play? -- 1.4 About This Book -- References -- 2 A Triplet Under Focus: Innovation, Design and the City -- 2.1 The Context of Our Investigation -- 2.2 Positioning Concepts and Definitions -- 2.2.1 Innovation -- 2.2.2 Design -- 2.2.3 Cities -- References -- 3 Cities as Enablers of Innovation -- 3.1 Innovation and Cities Interplay -- 3.2 Five Interfaces of the City Relevant for Innovation -- 3.3 Scaling Innovation Up and Out Among Cities -- 3.4 Framing the Urbanscape -- References -- 4 Innovation and Design -- 4.1 Characterising Design Agency -- 4.1.1 Types of Design Agencies -- 4.1.2 The Infrastructuring Role of the Design Agency -- 4.2 A 3D Design-Based Innovation Space -- 4.3 Design Enabled Innovation: Towards the Notion of Design for Scape -- References -- 5 Design Enabled Innovation in Urban Environments -- 5.1 Changes in and from Urban Environments -- 5.2 The Urban/Design Interplay Towards Innovation -- 5.3 Sensing the Innovation Capacity of Cities -- References.