The Rise of the City

Contents:PART I URBAN CREATIVITY AND GROWTH1. Complexity, Scientific Creativity and ClusteringAke E. Andersson, David Emanuel Andersson, Bjorn Harsman and Zara Daghbashyan2. Agglomeration Economies and Smart CitiesAna Maria Bonomi Barufi and Karima Kourtit3. Smart Specialization Strategies and Smart Cities: An Evidence-Based Assessment of EU policies Andrea Caragliu and Chiara F. Del Bo4. Agglomeration Economies in Large vs. Small Cities: Similar Laws, High SpecifitiesRoberto Camagni, Roberta Capello and Andrea CaragliuPART II CITIES, INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY5. Multi-Actor Analysis of Metropolitan Performance AnalysisKarima Kourtit, Miruna Mazurencu and Peter Nijkamp6. Entrepreneurial Governance for Local GrowthAmy Rader Olsson, Hans Westlund and Johan P. Larsson7. Cities as Seedbeds of Responsible InnovationMarina van Geenhuizen and Qing Ye8. Innovation Capacity, Workforce Diversity and Intra-industrial Externalities: A Study on German EstablishmentsStephan Brunow and Valentina Nafts PART III URBAN SYSTEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT9. Exploring Surface Transportation Impact on Economic Output: A Panel Granger Causality Test Zhenhua Chen and Kingsley Haynes10. An Accessibility Index for the Metropolitan Region of Sao PauloRenato S. Vieira and Eduardo A. Haddad11. Urbanization and Quality of Life: An Overview of Health Impacts of Urban and Rural Residential PatternsNoriko Ishikawa, Karima Kourtit and Peter Nijkamp12. Dynamic Analysis on Energy Rebound Effects in Megacities: Evidence from Beijing and Shanghai, China (1990-2011) Yuyuan Wen13. How Should Cities Manage Economic Development? Highlights from Theory and PracticeMarlon G. Boarnet and Richard K. GreenIndex