Postindustrial East Asian cities : innovation for growth / Shahid Yusuf, Kaoru Nabeshima.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Yusuf, Shahid, 1949-

Contributor:

Nabeshima, Kaoru.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--East Asia.

Cities and towns.

Service industries--East Asia.

Service industries.

Economic conditions.

East Asia--Economic policy.

East Asia.

Economic policy.

East Asia--Economic conditions--21st century.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects--East Asia.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

xvi, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Palo Alto, CA : Stanford Economics and Finance ; Washington, DC : World Bank, [2006]

Summary:

Throughout East Asia, the growth process and its sources are changing in a number of important respects, especially for middle- and high-income economies. Growth is increasingly coming from the strength of innovative activities in this economies rather than from factor accumulation as in the past. Such innovative activities-especially in producer services and the creative industries-are concentrated in high-tech clusters in globally linked cities. Drawing on a wide range of literature and on interviews of firms, this book explores these issues with a focus on six East Asian cities: Bangkok, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. It suggest how policies and institutions can induce and furnish an urban environment that supports innovative activities. A valuable resource for researchers, urban planners, urban geographers, and policy makers interested in East Asia, Postindustrial East Asian Cities presents the latest findings on creative industries in East Asia and their effect on urban economic growth.

Contents:

1 Emerging Cityscapes 1

Toward a Postindustrial Urban World 5

Demand Elasticities 9

Productivity Growth, Industrial Composition, and Income Distribution 11

Technology at the Root 16

Cities in the Global Marketplace 22

The Shape of Things to Come? 24

2 Megacity Profiles 29

Tokyo 29

Singapore 39

Bangkok 44

Seoul 50

Beijing 56

Shanghai 60

3 Disappearing Manufacturing 69

Population 70

Industrial Base 75

Human Capital 80

Urban Innovation System 85

Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure 90

Attractive Urban Amenities 95

Investing in Growth, Attracting Talent 98

4 Deciphering the DNA of the Biotechnology Industry 101

Biotechnology Rising 104

Bio-Singapore 110

Reading the Biotech Tea Leaves 127

5 Meet Astro Boy and Friends 137

Robot Industry 142

Anime Industry 158

A New Dawn? 166

6 Fun, Movies, and Videogames 169

The Film Industry's Development in Korea 172

Making and Screening Movies in Seoul 174

Videogame Industry 191

The Emerging Multimedia Economy 206

7 Silk and Gems 211

Inventing Fashion 211

Gems: A City's Best Friends? 223

A Fashionable Bangkok 230

8 Sculpting the Urban Skyline 239

Why Construction? 241

The Construction Industry in Shanghai 245

A Statistical Profile 247

Innovation in the Construction Industry 259

Current Status and Prognosis 263

9 Gold in Silicon 271

Beijing's Silicon Credentials 274

When It All Began and How 275

Electronic Zhongguancun 282

Constructing a Metropolitan-Scale Innovative System 287

An Electronics and Information Technology Capital? 293

Identifying Postindustrial Cities 304

Selecting Urban Industrial Engines 306

Engine Drivers 309.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-338) and index.

ISBN:

0821356224

9780821356227

0804756724

9780804756723

0821366491

9780821366493

0804756732

9780804756730

OCLC:

70803603