InnovationCity Ruhr: A prime example for social and technological innovation

Adrian Götting

No 01/2014, IET Working Papers Series from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET/CICS.NOVA-Interdisciplinary Centre on Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology

Abstract: The project “InnovationCity Ruhr” deals with the reconstruction of the city of Bottrop with regard to energy saving measures. The aim is to make the city more environmental friendly in order to create a model for other industrial cities. Until the conclusion of the project in the year 2020, it is planned to change the surface of Bottrop in several positive ways. This paper focuses on the description of the project to give the reader an example of what exactly is done within the scope of InnovationCity Ruhr. Besides that, the link to the subject of sociology shall be given in order to show that the project is a prime example for social innovation.

Keywords: Innovation; Innovation City; Ruhr; social innovation; model city Bottrop; energy efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O32 O38 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2014-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ino, nep-ppm and nep-ure
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