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Building Prosperous Knowledge Cities - Policies, Plans and Metrics (Hardcover)
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Building Prosperous Knowledge Cities - Policies, Plans and Metrics (Hardcover)
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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
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