Failed futures? Unmaterialised visions and their ambivalence in regional development
探讨区域发展中未实现愿景的价值，以以色列贝尔谢巴打造网络安全首都的案例，揭示愿景成败的复杂性和矛盾性，对区域政策制定者反思成功偏见有启发。
The role of ideational processes in regional development has drawn growing attention recently, including the construction of imagined futures which provide guidance and directionality to regional policies. However, the debate often suffers from success-story bias in favour of those visions that eventually materialised, although there is much to learn from failed futures in regional policymaking. However, the success or failure of regional futures is not straightforward but often ambivalent, not least because regional futures can combine diverse policy considerations. This article proposes a nuanced view on regional futures, drawing on the case of Be’er Sheva, Israel’s proclaimed ‘cybersecurity capital’.