TY - JOUR
T1 - A case for altruistic cities
AU - Bai, Xuemei
PY - 2024/11/8
Y1 - 2024/11/8
N2 - Intercity cooperation appears to be thriving, as evidenced by the growing number of regional and international intercity networks. However, a closer examination of these interactions reveals that their scope and depth are often limited, with information sharing, delegation visits, and mutual learning being the most common forms of engagement. Consequently, cities are frequently perceived as participating in intercity networks to "add flowers to the brocade"-a gesture of enhancement-rather than to achieve any substantial improvement in their functional capacities.
AB - Intercity cooperation appears to be thriving, as evidenced by the growing number of regional and international intercity networks. However, a closer examination of these interactions reveals that their scope and depth are often limited, with information sharing, delegation visits, and mutual learning being the most common forms of engagement. Consequently, cities are frequently perceived as participating in intercity networks to "add flowers to the brocade"-a gesture of enhancement-rather than to achieve any substantial improvement in their functional capacities.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85209162231&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1126/science.adt4139
DO - 10.1126/science.adt4139
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 39509506
AN - SCOPUS:85209162231
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 386
SP - eadt4139
JO - Science (New York, N.Y.)
JF - Science (New York, N.Y.)
IS - 6722
ER -