Knowledge-based urban development : planning and applications in the information era /

This book covers theoretical, thematic, and country-specific issues of knowledge cities to underline the growing importance of KBUD all around the world, providing research on the decisive lineaments of urban development for knowledge-based production (drawing attention to new planning processes to...

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Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Yigitcanlar, Tan (Editor); Velibeyoglu, Koray. (Editor); Baum, Scott (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pa. :
Publication Dates: 2008.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59904-720-1
Summary: This book covers theoretical, thematic, and country-specific issues of knowledge cities to underline the growing importance of KBUD all around the world, providing research on the decisive lineaments of urban development for knowledge-based production (drawing attention to new planning processes to foster such development), and worldwide best practices and case studies in the field of urban development.
Carrier Form: PDFs (xxxii, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781599047225 (ebook)
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: HT165
CLC: TU984
Contents: Knowledge Creation in Urban and Knowledge Environment / Joris E. Van Wezemael -- Academic Knowledge and Urban Development / Beth Perry -- Creative Industries and the Urban Hierarchy / Scott Baum, Tan Yigitcanlar, Kevin O'Connor -- Knowledge economy in transition / Caroline Wong -- The alert model / Mark I. Wilson, Kenneth E. Corey -- From university town to knowledge city / Peter Franz -- Queensland's Smart State initiative / Tan Yigitcanlar, Koray Velibeyoglu -- 22@bcn Plan / Anna Clua, Abel Albet -- Towards ubiquitous city / Sang Ho Lee, Jung Hoon Han, Yoon Taik Leem, Tan Yigitcanlar -- Biotechnology and knowledge-based urban development in DNA Valley / Edmund J. Zolnik -- Beyond planning / Glen Searle, Bill Pritchard -- Urban competitiveness in the knowledge economy / Willem van Winden, Luis Carvalho -- A knowledge-based urban paradox / Ana Mar ia Fern andez-Maldonado, Arie Romein -- Emerging Middle Eastern knowledge cities / Ali A. Alraouf -- Creation of an Australian knowledge town / Phillip Daffara -- Emerging role of ICT in the development of knowledge-based master planned communities / Bhishna Bajracharya, Janelle Allison.