Building Prosperous Knowledge Cities: Policies, Plans and Metrics

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 learned 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. Contributors: K.V. Andersen, B.T. Asheim, B. Bajracharya, F.J. Carrillo, S. Cavazos, G. Cevikayak, A. Dornan, K. Ergazakis, A.C. Fachinelli, A.M. Fernandez-Maldonado, R.E. Flores, P. Franz, B.C. Garcia, C. Garner, O. Gonzalez, G. Hearn, C. Heidemann, R. Hu, J.K. Imukuka, K. Johnson, K.R. Kunzmann, S. Laursen, A. Leal, R. Lisowski, M. Lorenzen, J. Macke, A. Martinez, K. Martinus, K. Metaxiotis, C. Meyer, K. O'Connor, J.A. Powell, G. Searle, L. Too, J. van Wezemael, K. Velibeyoglu, K. Wermker, S. Wesselmann, R. Wilhelmy, T. Yigitcanlar

Table of Contents:
Contents: Foreword Competing: Important Stimuli for Knowledge Cities to Become Prosperous Peter Franz Preface Introducing: Knowledge-based Development of Prosperous Knowledge Cities Tan Yigitcanlar, Kostas Metaxiotis and Francisco Javier Carrillo PART I: POLICIES FOR BUILDING PROSPEROUS KNOWLEDGE CITIES 1. Innovating: Creativity, Innovation and the Role of Cities in the Globalizing Knowledge Economy Björn T. Asheim 2. Creating: The Creative-class Based Knowledge City Models of Denmark Mark Lorenzen, Kristina Vaarst Andersen and Stine Laursen 3. Organizing: Spontaneously Developed Urban Technology Precincts Gülnur Çevikayak and Koray Velibeyoğlu 4. Globalizing: What Makes Australian Information Technology Industry Companies Go Global? Glen Searle and Kevin O’Connor 5. Attracting: The Coffeeless Urban Café 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 González, Rodolfo Wilhelmy, Santiago Cavazos and América Martínez 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 María Fernández-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 Janaína Macke 13. Promoting: Programs for and Challenges of the Knowledge-based Small Business Joan K. Imukuka, Bhishna Bajracharya, Linda Too and Greg Hearn 14. Enterprising: Academics, Knowledge Capital and Towards PASCAL Universities James A. 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 C. Garcia Afterword Concluding: Directions for Building Prosperous Knowledge Cities Joris van Wezemael Index

About the Author :
Edited by Tan Yigitcanlar, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Kostas Metaxiotis, University of Piraeus, Greece and Francisco Javier Carrillo, President, The World Capital Institute and Emeritus Professor of Knowledge Based Development, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México