scholarly journals Development, Innovation, and Circular Stimulation for a Knowledge-Based City: Key Thoughts

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 7999
Author(s):  
Tai-Shan Hu ◽  
Ssu-Chi Pan ◽  
Hai-Ping Lin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Critical Knowledge ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Innovation Model ◽  
Internal Relations ◽  
Virtuous Cycle ◽  
The City

Practitioners of economic geography recognize innovation as the key factor in sustainable economic development and urging a city to evolve. Urban development evolves from manufacturing-based development to knowledge-based development. Identifying the future benefits of urban development is a research issue. This work analyzes development performance based on quantitative indices of critical knowledge and innovation that enhance economic growth and influence society and competitiveness. The research further identifies the possibility of knowledge dissemination and innovation. This work investigates the key factors encouraging the development of a knowledge-based city for Helsinki, Melbourne, and Hsinchu in terms of economy, society, environment, and management, and observes that the progressive and positive circular stimulation for a city requires not only the cultivation of human capital, but also the construction of social environment and internal relations to form a high-density knowledge network. This work demonstrates that Hsinchu Science Park acts as a highly stimulated and highly interactive knowledge engine by building a dynamic innovation model based on circular stimulation of knowledge feedback to construct an urban environment and series of talent networks. The city, ultimately, reaches a virtuous cycle for innovation and achieves critical factors for the evolution of a knowledge-based city.

scholarly journals The Evolution of City-as-a-Platform: Smart Urban Development Governance with Collective Knowledge-Based Platform Urbanism

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Palmyra Repette ◽  
Jamile Sabatini-Marques ◽  
Tan Yigitcanlar ◽  
Denilson Sell ◽  
Eduardo Costa
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Collective Knowledge ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

Since the advent of the second digital revolution, the exponential advancement of technology is shaping a world with new social, economic, political, technological, and legal circumstances. The consequential disruptions force governments and societies to seek ways for their cities to become more humane, ethical, inclusive, intelligent, and sustainable. In recent years, the concept of City-as-a-Platform was coined with the hope of providing an innovative approach for addressing the aforementioned disruptions. Today, this concept is rapidly gaining popularity, as more and more platform thinking applications become available to the city context—so-called platform urbanism. These platforms used for identifying and addressing various urbanization problems with the assistance of open data, participatory innovation opportunity, and collective knowledge. With these developments in mind, this study aims to tackle the question of “How can platform urbanism support local governance efforts in the development of smarter cities?” Through an integrative review of journal articles published during the last decade, the evolution of City-as-a-Platform was analyzed. The findings revealed the prospects and constraints for the realization of transformative and disruptive impacts on the government and society through the platform urbanism, along with disclosing the opportunities and challenges for smarter urban development governance with collective knowledge through platform urbanism.

A Holistic Assessment of Education City in Doha

2018 ◽  
pp. 228-247
Author(s):  
Ali A. Alraouf
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Holistic Assessment ◽  
Education City ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Qatar, while developing its vision for the future, decided to adopt the knowledge economy as the new pillar for its economy and development. The chapter focuses on examining the impact of the one of the main and iconic national mega project in the capital Doha, the project named Education City (EC). The chapter scrutinizes EC's contribution to a more resilient future for Qatar. The chapter assesses the relative roles of such an influential project in preparing or hindering Qatar's moving towards the post-carbon paradigm. The project is examined using multilayered criteria, which include achieving urban diversity, relevance to knowledge-based urban development, supporting the diversification of the local economy, and accommodating multicultural society. The chapter concludes that education city is the most crucial urban projects in Qatar geared towards sustaining the knowledge economy as it creates ripples of change, knowledge dissemination, and a culture of innovation and creativity within the city.

scholarly journals Urban Development Index (UDI): A Comparison between the City of Rio de Janeiro and Four Other Global Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 823
Author(s):  
Rafael Molinaro ◽  
Mohammad K. Najjar ◽  
Ahmed W. A. Hammad ◽  
Assed Haddad ◽  
Elaine Vazquez
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Natural Beauty ◽  
The City

One of the methods to assess the urban development of a city is to allocate indicators that quantify its efficiency in performing various functions, such as urban mobility, security, sustainability, and economy, among others. The motivation of this work is the fact that the city of Rio de Janeiro, although widely known and admired around the world for its natural beauty, has a wide negative notoriety regarding its urban functionality. There is a critical need for investment in the city’s infrastructure in order to improve the quality of life of its population. The novelty of this work is in proposing an index that quantifies the urban functionality of the city of Rio de Janeiro and that represents urban development. The research focuses on optimizing investments in infrastructure and hence increasing the urban performance offered by the city of Rio de Janeiro. In the proposed methodology for modeling the Urban Development Index (UDI), this work presents the model structure made from a knowledge-based urban development assessment model (KBUD/AM), the determination of the indicators, the selection of the cities, the data collection from primary and secondary sources and the use of statistical techniques for data normalization and scaling. The research aims to quantify, compare and evaluate the level of urban development of Rio de Janeiro, performing benchmarking with other four global cities (Stockholm, Shanghai, Boston, and Cape Town). Cities are ranked for their UDI to make the comparison more straightforward. Based on the results, Rio de Janeiro ranks second to last among the five cities studied, with an UDI of 0.395, only slightly better than Cape Town. The results confirm that the city of Rio de Janeiro has several deficiencies, especially in the education, safety and health sectors, and is very far from most of the other developed cities. The city of Rio de Janeiro should promote investments in research and development. Finally, this work confirms that Rio de Janeiro must tackle security problems as a matter of priority.

Developing a Conceptual Framework for Knowledge-Based Urban Development in Isfahan, Iran

2019 ◽  
pp. 490-508
Author(s):  
Marjaneh Farhangi
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The City

We have witnessed vast economic, social, technological, and environmental changes that have influenced patterns of urbanization. Through all these years urban planning has also experienced major reforms. During last two decades, with emergence of knowledge economy, it is claimed that the nature of urban development has changed; this new notion of development is called knowledge-based urban development. As there is not clear methodology for directing cities development process, this chapter aims to formulate a conceptual model for cities leadership towards knowledge-based urban development. This chapter considers the city of Isfahan, Iran as a case study. Finally, a model is proposed according to literature review and using ANP method for analyzing the data gathered from the context. This conceptual model has also prioritized effective factors for KBUD.

Developing a Conceptual Framework for Knowledge-Based Urban Development in Isfahan, Iran

2018 ◽  
pp. 102-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjaneh Farhangi
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The City

We have witnessed vast economic, social, technological, and environmental changes that have influenced patterns of urbanization. Through all these years urban planning has also experienced major reforms. During last two decades, with emergence of knowledge economy, it is claimed that the nature of urban development has changed; this new notion of development is called knowledge-based urban development. As there is not clear methodology for directing cities development process, this chapter aims to formulate a conceptual model for cities leadership towards knowledge-based urban development. This chapter considers the city of Isfahan, Iran as a case study. Finally, a model is proposed according to literature review and using ANP method for analyzing the data gathered from the context. This conceptual model has also prioritized effective factors for KBUD.

scholarly journals The Application of Discriminant Analysis to the Identification of Key Factors of the Development of Polish Cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (343) ◽  
pp. 181-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Batóg ◽  
Jacek Batóg
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
City Development ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Qualitative Variables ◽  
The City

Due to limited resources, effective urban development policies require the identification of key development areas and priorities. The existing development strategies or results of statistical analyses can be used for this purpose. In the latter case, one of methods of multidimensional analysis can be used – discriminant analysis. Although it is applied to many areas on a microeconomic scale, e.g. in predicting the bankruptcy of enterprises, it was rarely used to assess the competitive position or the dynamics of development of cities. The main aim of the paper is to identify the most important factors of development of Polish cities with powiat status and to analyse changes of these factors in time. Apart from typical areas, such as investment, income, employment, debt, or migration, the analysis uses qualitative variables which allow us to assess whether the size of the city and its location determine the dynamics of city development. The authors have found that the key factors determining the development of the largest Polish cities are related to the situation on the labour market and investments incurred by companies as well as by the cities themselves.

The Interaction between Local and Regional Knowledge-Based Development

2010 ◽  
pp. 81-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tooran Alizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Quadruple Helix ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Urban And Regional Development

By the turn of the 21st century, the significance of knowledge to be the key factor in urban and regional development is well established. However, it has been only recently that attempts have been made to identify the specific mechanism and institutional relationships, through which knowledge-based development takes place. In this regard, very little consideration has been given to the ways that different levels of knowledge-based development communicate to each other. This chapter examines the mutual interaction between knowledge-based development in local and regional level in two different sections. The first section builds upon the third wave of economic development supporting the growth of cluster of related firms and relates it to an empirical case study of knowledge-based community development in Queensland- Australia. It concludes that knowledge-based local developments do not evolve without a regional support network. The second section reviews the “Triple Helix” of university–industry–government collaboration as the basis of knowledge-based regional development in the investigated case study. This review determines the central role of local community as an innovation base for the interaction among the key factors, and suggests a promotion for a Quadruple Helix Model where community works alongside business, university and government in the new economy.

The Myth of Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle Eastern Cities

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali A. Alraouf
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Gated Communities ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Common ◽  
The City

A decade ago, Middle Eastern cities and particularly Gulf cities rushed into the implementation of knowledge-based urban development and knowledge cities as models for development and progress. Unlike the Western models of knowledge and creative cities, Middle Eastern cities attempts were characterized by the mere construction of technologically advanced yet isolated urban entities with the hope that they are promoting the same concepts essential for knowledge cities: integration and dissemination. By analyzing key projects selected from the Middle Eastern context, the chapter concludes that the common failure resulted from transforming these projects into gated communities fully isolated from the city and the community.

scholarly journals Strategizing Smart, Sustainable, and Knowledge-Based Development of Cities: Insights from Florianópolis, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 8859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamile Sabatini-Marques ◽  
Tan Yigitcanlar ◽  
Tatiana Schreiner ◽  
Tatiana Wittmann ◽  
Debora Sotto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Complex Dimensions ◽  
The Common ◽  
The City

Unarguably, smart, sustainable, and knowledge-based development is critical for securing a livable future for our rapidly urbanizing world. The aim of this study is to generate insights into determining effective and efficient strategies to increase sustainability and innovation capabilities of cities to achieve long-term desired urban outcomes. This paper places the city of Florianópolis (Brazil) under the smart, sustainable, and knowledge-based urban development microscope. The methodological approach of the study involves a qualitative analysis through surveys (100 submitted forms, 55 responses received) and interviews (12) with key experts and stakeholders from Florianópolis. The findings of the study reveal that Florianópolis’ innovation ecosystem has high potential to thrive, but the city still has structural issues to deal with first, related to the gap between the potential to grow, and acknowledgement from key actors of the city to support the overall territory development considering the complex dimensions. This issue suggests amplifying the ecosystem’s vision, including different sectors and, especially, addressing innovation for the common good. The insights generated from the investigation of Florianópolis’ case are also invaluable to other cities’ planning for strategizing their transformation, and seeking smart, sustainable, and knowledge-based development pathways.

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