
Technopoles of the World
The Making of 21st Century Industrial Complexes
Manuel Castells(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2015
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-138-83409-5 (ISBN)
Description
Technopoles - planned centres for the promotion for high- technology industry - have become a key feature of national economic development worldwide. Created out of a technological revolution, the formation of the global economy and the emergence of a new form of economic production and management, they constitute the mines and foundries of the information age, redefining the conditions and processes of local and regional development. This book is the first systematic survey of technopoles in all manifestations: science parks, science cities, national technopoles and technobelt programmes. Detailed case studies, ranging from the Silicon Valley to Siberia and from the M4 Corridor to Taiwan, relate how global technopoles have developed, what each is striving to achieve and how well it is succeeding. Technopoles of the World distills the lessons learnt from the successes and failures, embracing a host of disparate concepts and a few myths, and offering guidelines for national, regional and local planners and developers worldwide.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
599 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-83409-5 (9781138834095)
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Content
List of figures, List of tables, Acknowledgements, 1 TECHNOPOLES: MINES AND FOUNDRIES OF THE INFORMATIONAL ECONOMY, 2 SILICON VALLEY: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN, 3 BOSTON'S HIGHWAY 128: HIGH-TECHNOLOGY REINDUSTRIALIZATION, 4 SCIENCE CITY BLUES: INNOVATION BY DESIGN?, 5 TECHNOLOGY PARKS: INDUCING THE NEW INDUSTRIAL SPACE, 6 JAPAN'S TECHNOPOLIS PROGRAM, 7 THE METROPOLIS AS INNOVATIVE MILIEU, 8 BUILDING TECHNO-CITIES: THE POLITICS OF TECHNO-DREAMS, 9 DISTILLING THE LESSONS, 10 BUILDING TECHNOPOLES, Notes, References, Index