Tag: Innovation

  • Contrasting Smart City Approaches: Dubai vs. Vienna

    Contrasting Smart City Approaches: Dubai vs. Vienna

    Go to any urban or regional development conference and you will be dazzled with whimsical “Smart City” visions. Usually, this covers a mix of presentations about making cities better places to live in together with tech companies by the application of rapidly developing digital technologies ranging from block chain technology to 3D printing and artificial…

  • Changing Work Patterns and the Rise of Urban Innovation Districts – The Future in Finland?

    Changing Work Patterns and the Rise of Urban Innovation Districts – The Future in Finland?

    The changing nature of how and where we work seems to be hollowing out Finland’s science & business parks and industrial areas. Is the geography of innovation shifting and leaving cities facing a choice between sticking with a landscape of vacant business premises and nurturing lively innovation districts? Last month an over 10,000-strong horde of…