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Cities and emerging networks of learning communities
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In the 21st century the majority of people live in urban settings and studies show a trend
to the increase of this phenomenon. Globalisation and the concentration of multinational
and clusters of firms in certain places are attracting people who seek employment and a
better living. Many of those agglomerations are situated in developing countries,
representing serious challenges both for public and private sectors. Programmes and
initiatives in different countries are taking place and best practices are being exchanged
globally. The objective is to transform these urban places into sustainable learning
cities/regions where citizens can live with quality. The complexity of urban places,
sometimes megacities, opened a new field of research. This paper argues that in order
to understand the dynamics of such a complex phenomenon, a multidisciplinary,
systemic approach is needed and the creation of learning cities and regions calls for the
contribution of a multitude of fields of knowledge, ranging from economy to urbanism,
educational science, sociology, environmental psychology and others.
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Learning cities Globalisation Complexity Urban places Sustainability