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.