Creative Knowledge Cities

Creative Knowledge Cities
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Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages : 489
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ISBN-10 : 9780857932853
ISBN-13 : 0857932853
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Book Synopsis Creative Knowledge Cities by : Marina Van Geenhuizen

Download or read book Creative Knowledge Cities written by Marina Van Geenhuizen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book pragmatically explores the myths, concepts, policies, key conditions and tools for enhancing creative knowledge cities. The authors provide a critical reflection on the reality of city concepts including university-city alignment for campus planning, labour market conditions, social capital and proximity, triple helix based transformation, and learning by city governments. Original examples from both the EU and US are complemented by detailed case studies of cities including Rotterdam, Vienna and Munich. The book also examines the reality of knowledge cities in emerging economies such as Brazil and China, with a focus on institutional transferability. Key conditions addressed include soft infrastructure, knowledge spillovers among firms and the connectivity of cities via transport networks to allow the creation of new hubs of knowledge-based services.


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