Creating knowledge locations in cities : innovation and integration challenges / Willem van Winden ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Winden, Willem van.

Series:

Regions and cities ; 54.

Regions and cities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Effect of technological innovations on.

Cities and towns.

Information technology--Economic aspects.

Information technology.

High technology industries.

Industrial clusters.

Urban economics.

City planning.

Physical Description:

xii, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

Promoting the local knowledge economy is a preoccupation of urban and regional policymakers the world over and it is generally recognised that knowledge has become a prime source of economic growth and development. This book analyzes one increasingly popular type of urban knowledge policy: the creation of knowledge locations. This term, as we use it, includes science parks, technology parks, open innovation campuses, creative districts, media hubs and other groupings. The book is based on a large international comparative study of the development of such locations in five European cities - Dublin, Eindhoven, Helsinki, Munich, and San Sebastian - and the Korean city of Incheon.

Contents:

Introduction

History and trends in knowledge locations: an urban turn?

Empirics: what do we know about the success of knowledge locations?

Building blocks of an integrative framework

Methodology and research design

Dublin: digital hub

Eindhoven: Strijp-S

Helsinki: Arabianranta

Incheon: Songdo International City

Munich: Maxvorstadt

San Sebastian part three: synthesis of the findings and theoretical reflections

Synthesis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415698542

0415698545

9780203127162

0203127161

OCLC:

741542011