The Practice of Urban Experimentation in Dutch City Labs

'Urban planning by experiment' can be seen as an approach that uses experimentation to innovate and improve urban planning instruments, approaches, and outcomes. Nowadays, urban experiments - interventions in the city with the aim to innovate, learn, or gain experience - are increasingly taking place in the context of Urban Living Labs. In the Netherlands, a certain type of Urban Living Lab, called city labs, is flourishing, and it has been suggested that these labs could make an important contribution to 'urban planning by experiment.' However, previous studies have indicated that this will d... Mehr ...