In the decade following the worldwide economic depression of the 1930s and the ensuing world war, prosperity returned to America; in contrast, in Germany and emainder of Europe, as well as much of Asia, the struggle for survival occupied many people. Postwar prosperity in America provided sufficient income for many urban families to pursue their dreams of home ownership, often to shelter expand...

Michael Batty is Bartlett Professor of Planning, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, 1–19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB; email: [email protected]. Stephen Marshall is a Senior Lecturer in Planning, Bartlet School of Planning, University College London, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0BJ; email: [email protected] One hundred years ago, the first coordinated rea...

Living Labs aim to engage in user-centered design practices where users are included in their daily life environment as innovative agents. However, empirical insights in end user engagement in Living Lab practices are currently lacking. This article focuses on opening up this black box of user engagement by analyzing the involvement of a group of entrepreneurs in a Living Lab smart city pilot i...

Globalization and market reforms have significantly facilitated urban transition and urbanization in the People’s Republic of China, greatly affecting the structural and spatial redistribution of Chinese cities since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949. Prior to the 1978 economic reforms, the system of cities created by the Maoist regime was dominated by large and extra-large cities b...