Creative urban regions harnessing urban technologies to support knowledge city initiatives /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Yigitcanlar, Tan., Velibeyoglu, Koray., Baum, Scott.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
• Subjects: City planning > Technological innovations.; City knowledge; Community development; Creative initiatives; Digital governance; Economic development; E-inclusion; ICT applications; Implications of ICT; Information systems perspective; Informational citizenship; Knowledge cities; Knowledge economy and society; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge workers and quality of life; Knowledge-based urban development; Land use regulation; Municipal ICT policy goals; Social and human capital; Social networking; Tacit and codified knowledge; Urban ICT policy; Urban innovation; Urban resource innovations; Urban services and infrastructure; Urban technologies; Urbanization
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In a knowledge economy urban form and functions are primarily shaped by global market forces rather than urban planning. As the role of knowledge in wealth creation becomes a critical issue in cities, urban administrations and planners need to discover new approaches to harness the considerable oppo...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The place of knowledge-based development in the metropolitan region / Phil Heywood
• 2. Urbanization, knowledge and competitiveness in developing economies / Ahmed Driouchi
• 3. Intellectual assets and knowledge vitality in urban regions / Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Samantha Sharpe
• 4. Social networking and knowledge transfer in collaborative product development / Katariina Ala-Rāmi
• 5. Creative class theory and economic performance in UK cities / Max Nathan
• 6. Municipal ICT policy goals and technology choices / Nicholas Maynard
• 7. (Re)thinking urban planning / Rodrigo Firmino
• 8. E-government in the knowledge society / Scott Baum, Tan Yigitcanlar, Arun Mahizhnan, Narayanan Andippan
• 9. Challenges to digital governance / Tommi Inkinen
• 10. ICT as a public good / Richard O'Bryant
• 11. Online participatory decision support tools for knowledge-based urban development / Tan Yigitcanlar, Omur Saygin, Jung Han
• 12. Knowledge-based planning using planning support systems / Guido Vonk, Stan Geertman
• 13. Planning for knowledge cities in ubiquitous technology spaces / Tschangho Kim
• 14. E-Sevan in Hyderabad, India / Sumeeta Srinivasan, Peter Rogers, Sudarsanam Padam
• 15. Understanding the supply side / Koray Velibeyoglu, Tan Yigitcanlar
• 16. Spatial transformations in Istanbul CBD / Feral Geçer, Adile Avar, Koray Velibeyoğlu, Ōmūr Saygin
• 17. Spatial distribution of ICT in the Washington, DC metropolitan region / Da-Mi Maeng, Zorica Nedović-Budić.