Essays about: "Sister Cities International"

Found 2 essays containing the words Sister Cities International.

1. 1. Imagining Public Space in Smart Cities: a Visual Inquiry on the Quayside Project by Sidewalk Toronto

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Tugba Okcuoglu; [2019]
   Keywords : Smart City; Smart Urbanism; Neoliberal Planning; Public Space; Local Governance; Digitalization; Visual Theory; Architectural Representations; Sidewalk Toronto; Quayside Project;

   Abstract : Recently, the ‘Smart City’ label has emerged as a popular umbrella term for numerous projects around the world that claim to offer an enhanced urban experience, often provided in collaboration with international companies through private-public partnerships. As smart cities pledge to create long-term economic sustainability and progressive form of urban entrepreneurialism, it is getting important to highlight risks such as the reduced role of the public sector, technological dominance and data privacy. READ MORE

3. 2. Sister Cities and Diaspora: From Diaspora to Potential Sister City Partnership

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Kyle Campbell; [2015]
   Keywords : Sister City; Diaspora; Massachusetts; Process Tracing; Brazil; United States; Sister Cities International; Governador Valadares; Framingham;

   Abstract : The sister city concept has now been around for several decades and yet there remains to be a paucity of literature dealing with the subject. Despite this unfortunate fact, there has been some literature written trying to deal with the progression of what sparked cities to try to establish sister city relationships with one another. READ MORE