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Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Wohnen und Stadtsoziologie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This e-paper investigates how the idea of smart sustainable cities is implemented in practice on the example of two concrete cases of urban redevelopment in Berlin, Germany, and in Gothenburg, Sweden. For this purpose, it is analyzed how technological and social innovations in order to foster and encourage more ecological behavior in electricity consumption and mobility routines. In so doing, not only the specific features of the two cases studied are highlighted but it is also elaborated what findings allow for generalizations into wider conclusions that are of relevance beyond the two cases considered.