Calzada, Igor ![]() |
Abstract
The author aims to compare the Basque Country (Spain), Portland (Oregon) and Dublin (Ireland) in order to establish an analytical framework for a city-region. He applied action research qualitative methods and he observe social innovation processes in the three cases. He carried out interviews and fieldwork research in the West of the USA (Portland, San Francisco, Seatle, Phoenix, Idaho,...) and Europe (Dublin, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Malmö, Reykjavik,...), primarily. He directed a Congress in 2012 in collaboration with the Basque Government's Territorial Development Ministry. Thereafter, he was awarded with a Postdoctoral Fellowship by Ikerbasque, Basque Science Foundation, for three years (2012-2014) and the RSA Early Career Grant (2014-2015), to compiled a eight-cases benchmarking gathered and disseminated in www.cityregions.org.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD) |
Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2022 10:14 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/138773 |
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