This paper explores how the smart city phenomenon becomes nearly ubiquitous in countries
and cities around the world. Drawing on policy mobility studies and cosmopolitisation …

Policy tourism is an important but rarely studied phenomenon describing a widespread
practice, through which local public and business leaders form delegations, choose target …

Global events such as L ondon's 2012 O lympic G ames raise questions about the ways in
which embedded political arrangements take their shape from relationships that stretch …

Growing influence of the new mobilities paradigm among human geographers has
combined with a long and rich disciplinary tradition of studying the movement of things and …

The comparative and extrospective nature of contemporary urban policy-making is one that
has demanded our attention in recent years. Relatively long established and formal inter …

This study uses the ongoing attempts to redevelop Cleveland's waterfront to reveal the
relational comparative geographies that are present in a number of contemporary urban …

However it may be defined, urban 'development'typically implies the production of durable
legacies. Yet these legacies are often planned through contingent, temporary projects. The …

Purpose In recent years, there has been a decline in the number of cities seeking to host the
Olympic Games, with several cities withdrawing from the bid process following referenda …

This paper explores the role of conferences as “convergence space”: temporary events with
lasting material effects. Drawing on three harm reduction conferences occurring between …

The Netherlands is often viewed as a world model of urban planning and sustainable
transport practices. This article reports on a study which charts the planning policy transfer …