INTA 33 - Innovation and Urban Sustainability

Identifying problems and coming up with solutions are at the basis of human success . Crisis and innovation are thus closely interlinked.The feeding ground for innovation is most fertile in state of crisis. “The bigger the problem, the bigger the need for new, viable ideas and thus the likelier the success of innovation.” (Mart Grisel)

Innovation is one of the main keys to speed up the recovery process and it is to a large extent concentrated in cities, in metropolitan regions, in clusters, both national and transnational. Innovation is a key driver for growth. Therefore, how innovation can be stimulated?