Knowledge Creation in Urban and Knowledge Environment

2008 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Joris E. Van Wezemael
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
City Regions ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Knowledge Environment ◽  
Key Driver

Today, knowledge is addressed as a key driver in urban development. From an urban planner’s perspective, however, it seems that the knowledge we talk about is out there in so-called knowledge industries. Knowledge-based urban development refers to development of city regions that are more or less driven by the knowledge economy, or to opportunities to attract knowledge workers in order to fuel economic growth in specific areas. The aim of this chapter is conceptualizing what knowledge and learning mean to, and in, contemporary planning praxis. The chapter discusses the key concepts of knowing and their relation to doing. By mooting a theory of assemblages, the chapter further provides a foundation for the analysis and the enforcement of learning in urban development praxis. Drawing on research on learning organizations, this chapter provides a basis for the contribution of urban planning to knowledge-based urban development.

Moving Towards a Knowledge City?

2012 ◽  
pp. 114-131
Author(s):  
Tan Yigitcanlar
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Attraction And Retention

In the global knowledge economy, knowledge-intensive industries and knowledge workers are extensively seen as the primary factors to improve the welfare and competitiveness of cities. To attract and retain such industries and workers, cities produce knowledge-based urban development strategies, where such strategising is an important development mechanism for cities and their economies. This paper investigates knowledge-based urban development strategies of Brisbane, Australia that support generation, attraction, and retention of investment and talent. The paper puts forward a clear understanding on the policy frameworks, and relevant applications of Brisbane’s knowledge-based urban development experience in becoming a prosperous knowledge city, and concludes by providing invaluable insights and directions for other cities seeking knowledge-based urban development.

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.

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.

Revisiting the Legal Framework of Urban Planning in the Global South

2019 ◽  
pp. 233-246
Author(s):  
Oluwole Daramola
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Spatial Allocation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Urban And Regional Development ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter discusses the profession of urban planning within the context of the Nigerian legal system. In Nigeria, there is an array of legislation relevant to urban planning that is aimed at securing sustainable cities through various planning activities. The chapter establishes the relationship between law and urban planning activities and puts it that the latter is an offshoot of the former. It further discusses the legal framework of urban planning in Nigeria, with due consideration to the problems inherent in it and the effects of such problems on urban development in the country. The chapter also suggests a need for paradigm shift by providing for strategies rooted in law towards viable urban and regional development and economic growth in Nigeria. The chapter concludes that strengthening the legal framework of urban planning will provide opportunities for equitable and spatial allocation of resources that takes cognizance of the social, economic, institutional, and environmental dimensions of an urban center.

MENA Countries Face the Challenge of the Knowledge-Based Economy

2022 ◽  
pp. 150-202
Author(s):  
Olfa Boussetta ◽  
Najeh Aissaoui ◽  
Fethi Sellaouti
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Dynamic Panel Data ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Endogenous Growth Model ◽  
Education Innovation

The growing interest in the knowledge economy raises many questions about its effect on economic growth. The study aims to position a set of MENA countries in the context of the knowledge economy compared to developed countries. It also detects theoretically and empirically the knowledge effect on economic growth. To do this, the authors have estimated an endogenous growth model, using the dynamic panel data technique, for a sample of 16 MENA countries over 1995-2014. The results show that, despite the significant improvements that have registered in the knowledge economy pillars, the selected countries are still lagging compared to developed countries. Far from international comparisons, the internal effects of these knowledge pillars (education, innovation, ICT, institutional regime) on growth are positive and highly significant.

scholarly journals The Electoral Politics of Growth Regimes

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Specific Growth ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Electoral Strategies

This article explores the role played by electoral politics in the evolution of postwar growth regimes, understood as the economic and social policies used by governments of the developed democracies to pursue economic growth. It charts changes in growth regimes beginning with an era of modernization stretching from 1950 to 1975, through an era of liberalization running from 1980 to 2000, to a subsequent era of knowledge-based growth. Its overarching claim is that the inclination and capacities of democratic governments to pursue specific growth regimes depend not only on economic circumstances but also on evolving electoral conditions, marked especially by changes in the cleavages that condition partisan electoral strategies. This electoral dynamic affects the balance of influence over policy between actors in the electoral and producer-group arenas and carries implications for the social compromises that democracies can construct. The article concludes by exploring the implications of contemporary electoral politics for the development of growth regimes appropriate to a knowledge economy.

A Social Innovation In Malaysia Vs Thailand: Strengths And Weaknesses

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Siti Maziah Ab Rahman ◽  
Mariam Setapa ◽  
Mohd Hafeez Al-Amin Abdul Wahab ◽  
Ahmad Bukhari Mohd Yasin ◽  
Tengku Badariah Tengku Yahya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Economic Planning ◽  
Economic Perspective ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Corporate Innovation ◽  
Social Innovations

Innovation is important in enhancing the country's competitiveness and contributing to knowledge-based urban development. The development of innovation that focuses only on the economic perspective leads to the imbalance of development when there is a gap in economic growth and social development of society. The emergence of social innovation is a complement to corporate innovation that focuses only on profit. Thus, this article aims to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of social innovation in two countries which is Malaysia and Thailand. The findings show that both governments of Thailand and Malaysia have taken social innovations initiative as a serious matter by incorporating it as one important agenda in their economic planning and framework. However, besides of success stories discussed in this paper, there are also some weaknesses point out in this paper need to address seriously by the respected parties.

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.

Revisiting the Legal Framework of Urban Planning in the Global South

2018 ◽  
pp. 258-271
Author(s):  
Oluwole Daramola
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Spatial Allocation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Urban And Regional Development ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter discusses the profession of urban planning within the context of the Nigerian legal system. In Nigeria, there is an array of legislation relevant to urban planning that is aimed at securing sustainable cities through various planning activities. The chapter establishes the relationship between law and urban planning activities and puts it that the latter is an offshoot of the former. It further discusses the legal framework of urban planning in Nigeria, with due consideration to the problems inherent in it and the effects of such problems on urban development in the country. The chapter also suggests a need for paradigm shift by providing for strategies rooted in law towards viable urban and regional development and economic growth in Nigeria. The chapter concludes that strengthening the legal framework of urban planning will provide opportunities for equitable and spatial allocation of resources that takes cognizance of the social, economic, institutional, and environmental dimensions of an urban center.

Knowledge-Based Economic Growth from the Social Context of Information Technology

2014 ◽  
pp. 309-323
Author(s):  
Benjamin Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Social Informatics ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Increase Productivity ◽  
Key Driver

Information systems have been touted as a key driver of economic growth in the modern world. Countries and regions alike have leveraged these powerful technologies to boost economic growth. In today’s knowledge-driven economy, information technologies are applicable to many industries as they can be harnessed to increase productivity and production. However, the ability to use these technologies to facilitate economic growth goes beyond the technologies per se. In this chapter, the author argues that the social context influences a region’s ability to create knowledge-based economic growth. Using case studies of three regions, the author argues that upskilling and isomorphism are important facets in a region’s social context that warrant consideration. The results are applicable to policy-making and contribute to the literature on social informatics.

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