ABSTRACT Cities are increasingly joining forces through transnational municipal networks. The presented research focuses on one of the key services of these organisations: providing a platform for city-to-city learning. Interviews with representatives of networks and cities showed that through network organisations local policymakers aim to connect with peers from cities that face similar challenges or that are considered frontrunners. However, the main perceived added value of the studied network organisations is around their function as facilitator of personal networking among local policymakers. While learning certainly takes place and is actively promoted by some networks, most peer-exchanges are about the sharing of knowledge and do not qualify as learning. Therefore, we suggest to distinguish thoroughly between mere ‘knowledge sharing’ and processes of in-depth learning. Moreover, we call for more research focussing on the role of frontrunner cities in providing ‘solutions’, particularly up to which point these are helpful and down-scalable

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气候城市网络中的城市间学习：全球视角下的定义，意义和挑战

摘要城市越来越多地通过跨国市政网络联合起来。提出的研究重点在于这些组织的主要服务之一：提供城市间学习的平台。对网络和城市代表的采访表明，通过网络组织，地方政策制定者旨在与面临类似挑战或被认为是领先者的城市的同龄人保持联系。但是，所研究的网络组织的主要感知附加价值在于其在地方政策制定者中作为个人网络促进者的功能。尽管学习确实发生并由某些网络积极推动，但大多数对等交换都是关于知识共享的，并不符合学习的条件。因此，我们建议彻底区分单纯的“知识共享”和深度学习的过程。此外，我们呼吁开展更多研究，重点放在领先城市在提供“解决方案”方面的作用，特别是到什么时候这些都是有用的和可缩减的