One size does not fit all: Framing smart city policy narratives within regional socio-economic contexts in Brussels and Wallonia

《One size does not fit all: Framing smart city policy narratives within regional socio-economic contexts in Brussels and Wallonia》

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关键字: Smart city policies;Regional governments;Narrative policy framework;Socio-economic context

作者单位: HEC Liège Management School, University of Liège, Belgium;The Business School, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom;Academy of Architecture and Urban Studies, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia;IOB-Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium;HEC Liège Management School, University of Liège, Belgium;The Business School, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom;Academy of Architecture and Urban Studies, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia;IOB-Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium

摘要: 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.