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- Kourtit, Karima, et al.
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Modeling Regional Growth and Innovation
- 2018
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In: International regional science review. - : SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. - 0160-0176 .- 1552-6925. ; 41:1, s. 3-6
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This article introduces the papers for the special edition entitled Modeling Regional Growth and Innovation. It first provides an overview of the special edition and then presents short summaries of the papers.
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- Kourtit, Karima, et al.
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New Urban Economic Agents : A Comparative Analysis of High-Performance New Entrepreneurs
- 2016
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In: Quaestiones Geographicae. - : Adam Mickiewicz University Press. - 0137-477X .- 2081-6383. ; 35:4, s. 5-22
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Migrants are often the carriers of new skills and original abilities. This study focuses on the importance of 'new urban entrepreneurship' - in particular, ethnic or migrant business firms - as a major driver of creative and urban dynamics and economic vitality in urban agglomerations. The paper offers a general account of both backgrounds and socio-economic implications of migrant entrepreneurship in large agglomerations and highlights the socio-economic heterogeneity in motivation and performance among different groups of migrant entrepreneurs. This demographic- cultural diversity prompts intriguing questions about differences in business performance among distinct groups of migrant entrepreneurs, even in the same ethnic group. In the paper, a recently developed and amended version of data envelopment analysis (DEA), viz. super-efficiency, is presented and applied to a group of Moroccan entrepreneurs in four large cities in the Netherlands. The main research aim is (i) to identify the best-performing firms (so-called 'entrepreneurial heroes') from a broad management and business perspective, while (ii) the background of our findings are more thoroughly analysed. The paper ends with some general concluding remarks on urban business strategies.
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- Kourtit, Karima, et al.
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Quality and inequality in regional and urban systems
- 2019
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In: Region. - : European Regional Science Association. - 2409-5370. ; 5:4, s. E1-E5
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In the aftermath of both ongoing globalisation (with both widening and deepening effects on countries, regions and cities) and structural changes resulting from the 2008 economic recession, regions and cities in our world are confronted with a different arena of players, performances and institutions. The challenges are formidable and numerous. Many regions and cities seem to resort to their indigenous strength, without much regard to other players in the field. This has enormous consequences for the competitive behaviour and profile of regional and urban actors but has at the same time deep impacts on the distribution of wealth, income and employment over and within countries, regions and cities. There is indeed much evidence that disparities among regions and in cities are increasing in this new force field. This special issue of REGION makes a solid scientific attempt (i) to map out the spatial consequences of recent transitions in growth trajectories of countries or regions, and (ii) to trace policy strategies and design effective policy information, to cope adequately with these new challenges. The present special issue does so by highlighting the new force field of regional and urban dynamics from three angles in the context of spatial quality and inequality. These will be briefly sketched below.
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- Kourtit, Karima, et al.
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Quantitative performance assessment of Asian stellar cities by a DEA cascade system : a capability interpretation
- 2023
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In: The annals of regional science. - : Springer. - 0570-1864 .- 1432-0592. ; 70:1, s. 259-286
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Asia hosts several mega-cities with great economic power, which are often in a mutual competitive relationship. Despite smart specialisation and heterogeneity on national and global markets, they are often in pursuit of the highest possible socio-economic outcome so as to outperform their peers in this dynamic region. The present study seeks to present an operational comparative framework for judging the complex performance of several (12) large urban agglomerations in Asia. In the framework of this paper, these cities are called 'stellar cities'. Two particular research challenges are addressed: (i) the development and application of a new Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach, culminating-after a cascade of sequential analytical steps-in an Autoconfiguration Target Model which serves as a quantitative statistical tool for evaluating the (relative) multidimensional goal-oriented performance of the cities concerned; and (ii) a new functional interpretation of the DEA slack space for the possible improvement of inefficiently operating cities on the basis of Amartya Sen's capability theory. In the paper, we use an extensive database on 12 Asian stellar cities, extracted from the annual Global Power City Index (GPCI) system which contains more than 60 urban performance indicators, which has been constructed by the Institute of Urban Strategies (Tokyo). We find that the performance ranking of these Asian mega-cities shows the 'winners', but also a high variability, with several positive and negative outliers. We conclude that there is clearly scope ('capability') for further improvement of the efficiency of most Asian cities in various specific policy domains, as shown by the DEA results.
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- Kourtit, Karima, et al.
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Safe cities in the new urban world : A comparative cluster dynamics analysis through machine learning
- 2021
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In: Sustainable cities and society. - : Elsevier. - 2210-6707. ; 66
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Cities in the 'New Urban World' display an enormous diversity in appearance, growth and performance. The awareness is growing that the urban development potential ('magnetism') of cities is closely related to safety and security conditions in these cities. This paper develops a new analytical framework based on a wealth of empirical data on both safety/security and socio-economic magnetism achievements of many world cities, by combining two comprehensive relevant global urban data bases. The aim of the study is to offer a comparative analysis of the combined safety/security data and socio-economic performance data of 30 global cities, through the use of an advanced sequential cluster dynamics analysis that is (partly) inspired by a novel machine learning approach (using Python software). In this way, cities can be categorized according to their quantitative characteristic features represented by the relevant clusters. It appears that city safety/security features are an important predictor of the variability in overall urban performance regarding magnetism. This study allows also for drawing relevant policy lessons.
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- Kourtit, Karima, et al.
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Sustainable Cities, Quality of Life, and Mobility-Related Happiness
- 2023
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In: Geography of Happiness. - Cham : Springer. - 9783031198700 - 9783031198731 - 9783031198717 ; , s. 103-120
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Cities are increasingly seen as people’s habitat. Citizen tend to regard urban life not only as a convenient way of finding a job or acquiring income, but also as a modus vivendi to enjoy a great variety of urban amenities (culture, friendship, entertainment, urban ‘ambiance’, etc.). Against this background, we observe a rapid rise in urban [un]happiness studies in relation to liveability and quality of life in cities. The present chapter focuses on urban mobility as a source of urbanites’ happiness (or lack thereof). It addresses related key issues from empirical research literature, including a brief overview of urban ‘slow motion’. The study concludes with a summary and a prospective view of future urban challenges in the context of social wellbeing.
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- Kourtit, Karima, et al.
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The rise of the city : Spatial dynamics in the urban century
- 2015
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Book (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This book examines urban growth and the dynamics that are transforming the city and city regions in the 21st century focusing specifically on the spatial aspects of this process in the "Urban Century". Forces that are driving city growth include agglomeration spillovers, concentration of innovation and entrepreneurship, diversity of information and knowledge resources, and better amenities and higher wages. These benefits produce a positive reinforcing system that attracts more people with new ideas and information, fuelling innovation, new products and services and more high-wage jobs, thereby attracting more people. Such growth also produces undesirable effects such as air and water pollution, poverty, congestion and crowding. These combined factors both impact and change the geography and spatial dynamics of the city. These transformations and the public policies that may be critical to the quality of life, both today and in the future, are the substance of this book.
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- Kourtit, Karima, et al.
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The significance of digital data systems for smart city policy
- 2017
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In: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. - : ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. - 0038-0121 .- 1873-6041. ; 58, s. 13-21
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Our planet is gradually moving towards an urbanized world. Modern urban agglomerations tend to turn nowadays into advanced information hubs supporting a smart management of dynamic urban systems. The currently popular notion of 'smart cities' aims to provide a new perspective for sustainable and high-performance strategies of city stakeholders in our 'urban century'. In this context, digital information technology provides a new tool for efficient and effective management and planning of urban space, inter alia in the field of transportation, environment, public facilities or advanced service provision to citizens. This paper aims to offer, first, a concise overview of the emerging opportunities of information and communication technology (ICT) for smart urban policy; digital technology in particular, appears to provide novel pathways for modern planning strategies in smart cities. Against this background, the paper sketches out the complex force field of global urbanisation phenomena and highlights the data and information needs for strategic planning of cities (using inter alia as a framework the so-called 'urban piazza' strategy framework). Secondly, various new decision support tools that are currently emerging and that offer a new promising scope for handling complex urban management issues (for instance, on accessibility, congestion, safety or sustainability) are briefly presented. And finally, the potential of such digital data systems for urban management and policy is concisely illustrated by means of some recent applications in the area of smartphone data systems. The paper concludes with a discussion of the challenges ahead for urban policy, inter alia by paying attention to institutional and governance aspects of 'big digital data' management in urban systems.
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- Kourtit, Karima, et al.
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The urban data deluge : challenges for smart urban planning in the third data revolution
- 2020
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In: International Journal of Urban Sciences. - : Routledge. - 1226-5934 .- 2161-6779.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Effective urban planning is increasingly affected and governed by the current information society. This paper argues that the so-called third data revolution creates unprecedented challenges for sustainable city policy in the digital age. Three types of data revolutions are distinguished in this paper. The nowadays popular notion of smart cities may be helpful to enhance the cognitive quality of urban policy-making, but leads also to new issues on complex data handling in the modern age of social media and digital information systems. The various issues at stake are outlined in this paper, while this study is concluded with a sketch of the contours of a so-called smart city policy fly-wheel, so as to demonstrate that the urban fabric–also in a smart city context–is always work in progress, with a view to the achievement of sustainable development goals. Highlights The birth of the smart cities concept originates from the third data revolution. Sustainable city policy calls for smart data management. In the ‘New Urban World’ systematic data warehousing is needed. The tension between closed administrative city borders and open data systems can be bridged. The attainment of sustainable development goals (SDGs) presupposes smart city policy.
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