Learning from Cities— The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation
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□ Buenos Aires Investigation teams talk about the innovation issues
public.
public policy-making, but also take
As a result, it becomes a major
into consideration the basic roles of
topic to be discussed in urban
municipal government and the public.
management as to how to integrate
Buenos Aires has made successful
the idea and value of the public
exploration in this aspect through
into city planning, construction and
reconstruction of governance in order
relevant decisions. Nonetheless,
to facilitate public participation.
symbolic public participation and non-participating public participation are always seen in practice. Cheryl Simrell King and many other scholars have pointed out that effective public
Implementation of the Initiative
participation not only means to
1. Innovation and Creativity
find an appropriate instrument and
Cooperation Committee
technology with regards to expanding
Firstly, Buenos Aires conducted
the scale of public participation in
an action named “Innovation and