Knowledge and the city

By Francisco Javier Carrillo

Subjects: Growth, Villes, Intellectual capital, City Planning & Urban Development, Regional planning, Urbanization, Cities, Aménagement du territoire, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Urban development, Gestion des connaissances, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urbanisation, Cities and towns, City planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Public Policy, Capital intellectuel, Knowledge management, Regional planning

Description: "This book underlines the growing importance of knowledge for the competitiveness of cities and their regions. Examining the role of knowledge - in its economic, socio-cultural, spatial and institutional forms - for urban and regional development, identifying the preconditions for innovative use of urban and regional knowledge assets and resources, and developing new methods to evaluate the performance and potential of knowledge-based urban and regional development, the book provides an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of knowledge-based development and its implications and prospects for cities and regions"--