Resilience is increasingly becoming a catchword in current discussions about urban and regional development. While there has been a strong research focus on sustainability, there is a lack of understanding of the processes and factors that make cities and regions more vulnerable and others more...

Introduction -- Smart City Trends and Developments -- EU-China Policy Framework -- Assessment Framework for Pilot Cities -- Synopsis of EU-China Pilot Smart Cities -- Analysis of EU and China Pilot Cities -- Emerging Trends and Open Challenges -- Recommendations -- Next Steps.

" In 1986 the UK Government abolished city government in London, and there was a vacuum of ideas and directions for the future of this once great city. But somehow London flourished and in 1991 the word 'world city' was used to describe its agenda or the future in a ground breaking report. 20...