Impact of learning city networks on multi-level urban development and transformation processes

Andrea Jonas; André Mueller

doi:10.18778/1231-1952.30.2.07

Authors

Andrea Jonas Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR), Division Urban Development, Germany
André Mueller Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR), Division European (and International) Spatial and Urban Development; University of Bonn, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Geography

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.30.2.07

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urban laboratories, multi-level governance, D4UC method

Abstract

Learning city networks are real-time laboratories related to national and local urban development policies. In order to support learning city networks, the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) together with the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and partner cities have developed and further enhanced the multi-level D4UC (Dialogues for Urban Change) Method since 2012. This method makes an international exchange on the specificities of urban transformation processes, based on purposeful projects, possible for participating cities. The article discusses methods and lessons learned and is framed within a theoretical background of learning networks.

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