Title:
Building prosperous knowledge cities : Policies, plans and metrics.
Author:
Yigitcanlar, Tan.
ISBN:
9780857936035
9780857936042
Publication Information:
Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2012.
Physical Description:
386 s.
General Note:
Contents: Preface Introducing: Knowledge-based Development of Prosperous Knowledge Cities Tan Yigitcanlar, Kostas Metaxiotis and Javier Carrillo Foreword: Competing: Important Stimuli for Knowledge Cities to Become Prosperous Peter Franz PART I: POLICIES FOR BUILDING PROSPEROUS KNOWLEDGE CITIES 1. Innovating: Creativity, Innovation and the Role of Cities in the Globalising Knowledge Economy Bjorn Asheim 2. Creating: The Creative Class-based Knowledge City Models of Denmark Mark Lorenzen, Kristina Vaarst Andersen and Stine Laursen 3. Organising: Spontaneously-developed Urban Technology Precincts Gulnur Cevikayak and Koray Velibeyoglu 4. Globalising: What Makes Australian Information Technology Industry Companies Go Global? Glen Searle and Kevin O'Connor 5. Attracting: The Coffeeless Urban Cafe and the Attraction of Urban Space Kirsten Martinus 6.
Researching: Key Factors for the Success of Knowledge Cities in Germany Stefanie Wesselmann, Clas Meyer and Rainer Lisowski 7. Participating: Knowledge Citizens' Competences and Knowledge City Transformation Octavio Gonzalez, Rodolfo Wilhelmy, Santiago Cavazos and America Martinez PART II: PLANS FOR BUILDING PROSPEROUS KNOWLEDGE CITIES 8. Piloting: Knowledge-based Development Policy and Practice in Building a Vibrant Ecosystem Cathy Garner and Anne Dornan 9. Formulating: An Integrated Strategy for the Development of Knowledge Cities Kostas Metaxiotis and Kostas Ergazakis 10. Designing: Combining Design and High-tech Industries in the Knowledge City of Eindhoven Ana Maria Fernandez-Maldonado 11. Clustering: Concentration of the Knowledge-based Economy in Sydney Richard Hu 12. Connecting: Community Supported Universities for Knowledge City Transformation Ana Cristina Fachinelli and Janaina Macke 13.
Promoting: Programs for and Challenges of the Knowledge-based Small Businesses Kay Imukuka, Bhishna Bajracharya, Linda Too and Greg Hearn 14. Enterprising: Academics, Knowledge Capital and Towards PASCAL Universities James Powell 15. Transforming: Turning Knowledge Cities into a Knowledge Region Caren Heidemann, Klaus R. Kunzmann and Klaus Wermker PART III: METRICS FOR BUILDING PROSPEROUS KNOWLEDGE CITIES 16. Commuting: The Geography of Melbourne's Knowledge Economy Kevin Johnson 17. Measuring: Knowledge-based Development Metrics, Evolution and Perspectives Francisco Javier Carrillo and Ricardo Emmanuel Flores 18. Comparing: Knowledge-based Urban Development of Vancouver, Melbourne, Manchester and Boston Tan Yigitcanlar 19. Benchmarking: Knowledge-based Development Metrics through the MAKCi Exercise Alicia Leal and Blanca Garcia Afterword Concluding: Directions for Building Prosperous Knowledge Cities Joris van Wazemael Bibliography Index.
Abstract:
This unique book reveals the procedural aspects of knowledge-based urban planning, development and assessment. Concentrating on major knowledge city building processes, and providing state-of-the-art experiences and perspectives, this important compendium explores innovative models, approaches and lessons learnt from a number of key case studies across the world. Many cities worldwide, in order to brand themselves as knowledge cities, have undergone major transformations in the 21st century. This book provides a thorough understanding of these transformations and the key issues in building prosperous knowledge cities by focusing particularly on the policy-making, planning process and performance assessment aspects. The contributors reveal theoretical and conceptual foundations of knowledge cities and their development approach of knowledge-based urban development. They present best-practice examples from a number of key case studies across the globe. This important book provides readers with a thorough understanding of the key issues in planning and developing prosperous knowledge cities of the knowledge economy era, which will prove invaluable to national, state/regional and city governments' planning and development departments. Academics, postgraduate and undergraduate students of regional and urban studies will also find this path-breaking book an intriguing read.
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