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Title: | Rising Knowledge Cities: the Role of Urban Knowledge Precincts | Authors: | Yiğitcanlar, Tan Velibeyoğlu, Koray Martinez-Fernandez, Cristina |
Keywords: | Knowledge management Urban areas Australia Urban development |
Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | Source: | Yiğitcanlar, T., Velibeyoğlu, K., and Martinez-Fernandez, C. (2008). Rising knowledge cities: The role of urban knowledge precincts. Journal of Knowledge Management, 12(5), 8-20. doi:10.1108/13673270810902902 | Abstract: | Purpose - The paper seeks to investigate the changing and challenging spatial nature of the rising knowledge cities' knowledge precincts. Design/methodology/approach - The paper reviews the literature on recent knowledge precinct developments within the frame of innovation and urban economic competitiveness. The methodology develops a typological investigation and searches for useful insights for better understanding the fundamentals of knowledge precincts. The study exemplifies cases from Australia as well as other global best practices. Findings - The paper sheds light on the contemporary knowledge production of rising knowledge cities, and points out the changing spatial agglomeration of knowledge-intensive industries and the formation of new types of knowledge precincts as the spatial core of knowledge-based urban development. Originality/value - The paper provides an in-depth discussion on the changing spatial concepts of knowledge precincts and their vital role for the knowledge-based urban development of cities. | URI: | http://doi.org/10.1108/13673270810902902 http://hdl.handle.net/11147/2355 |
ISSN: | 1367-3270 |
Appears in Collections: | City and Regional Planning / Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection |
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