The role of research and knowledge generation in collective action and urban governance: How can researchers act as catalysts?

Partnerships between Dutch municipalities and municipalities in countries of migration to the Netherlands; knowledge exchange and mutuality

“…Baud & Post, 2002;Brinkerhoff, 2002aBrinkerhoff, , 2000bFowler, 1998Fowler, , 2000Hordijk & Baud 2006;Johnson & Wilson, 2006;Robinson, Hewitt, & Harriss, 2000). Baud and Post have argued that partnerships have the greatest potential for mutual learning 11 when partners bring in complementary resources that are seen to be useful for the other members of the partnership (Baud & Post, 2002); this has also been called potential synergy (see also Hastings, 1996).…”

Infrastructure urbanism: Roadmaps for servicing unplanned urbanisation in emerging cities

“…To generate data on informal settlements has a political impact which has been accounted for in the case of participatory mapping (Patel, Baptist, & D'Cruz, 2012), but less when directly performed by utilities (Hordijk & Baud, 2006).…”

Big data analytics for mitigating carbon emissions in smart cities: opportunities and challenges

“…In addition, there is wide-ranging support for the fact that local governments play an increasingly important role in addressing global problems, especially in the area of social and environmental sustainability (Caragliu et al, 2011;Hordijk & Baud, 2006;Mitlin, 2004). In combination with new technology, such as sensors, cities have the ability to measure, for example, detailed carbon emission levels connected to traffic congestion or buildings.…”