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One Size Does Not Fit All: Framing Smart City Policy Narratives within Regional Socio-Economic Contexts in Brussels and Wallonia

Esposito, Giovanni; Clement, Jessica; Mora, Luca; Crutzen, Nathalie

Authors

Giovanni Esposito

Jessica Clement

Nathalie Crutzen



Abstract

Smart city initiatives are increasingly dominating urban policy scripts worldwide, and their diffusion is centered upon different regional strategies. Adopting the Narrative Policy Framework as methodological basis, this article examines the smart city strategies developed by the Wallonia and Brussels-capital regions during the 2014-2019 period. Moving away from corporate-led deterministic models of smart city development, it shows that there is no one- size-fit-all approach to smart urbanism. Regional governments attribute different meanings to urban innovation and formulate place-based strategies of smart city development in relation to their socio-economic contexts, seeking to advance technological solutions to what they perceive as the most pressing problems of their territories and populaces.

Citation

Esposito, G., Clement, J., Mora, L., & Crutzen, N. (2021). One Size Does Not Fit All: Framing Smart City Policy Narratives within Regional Socio-Economic Contexts in Brussels and Wallonia. Cities, 118, Article 103329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103329

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 23, 2021
Online Publication Date Jul 16, 2021
Publication Date 2021-11
Deposit Date Jul 10, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Print ISSN 0264-2751
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 118
Article Number 103329
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103329
Keywords Smart city policies; regional governments; narrative policy framework; socio-economic context
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2786291

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