Knowledge and policy action in urban development: if we know so much, why is the urban condition not improving?

Robert H. Wilson

RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas, 2000, vol. 40, issue 1

Abstract: In spite of the wealth generation potential of the world’s large metropolitan cities, poor living conditions for much of the world’s urban population persist. Although the city has been widely studied, urban policy often remains ineffective. The paper adopts a policy process approach to analyze the relationship between knowledge and governmental action. Impediments to improving urban policy are found in the inadequate capacity of government to act and in the politics of democratic decision-making. The paper recommends that a pragmatic view of knowledge generation be adopted.

Date: 2000
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