Technopoles of the World: The Making of Twenty-first-century Industrial ComplexesTechnopoles - 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. |
Contents
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN | 12 |
HIGHTECHNOLOGY | 29 |
INNOVATION BY DESIGN? | 39 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Technopoles of the World: The Making of Twenty-first-century Industrial ... Manuel Castells,Peter Hall No preview available - 1994 |
Common terms and phrases
Airport Akademgorodok Andalucía Angeles attract Australian basic Bavaria biotechnology Cambridge capital Cartuja 93 century communications companies complex concentration core corporations created critical culture decentralization economy electrical electronics employment engineering entrepreneurial established Expo 92 factories firms growth high-tech high-technology industries Hsinchu important Industrial Park infrastructure innovative milieu integrated circuits investment Japan Japanese Kanagawa Kanagawa prefecture Kansai Science City Kawasaki Keihin region kilometers Kumamoto labor laboratories land linkages London major Málaga manufacturing mechatronics metropolitan miles Ministry MITI MITI's Mother City Munich networks Oita original Osaka Paris percent prefecture production regional development research centers research institutes role Saxenian Science City scientific semiconductor Sendai Seville Siemens Silicon Valley social Sophia-Antipolis southern Soviet spin-offs strategy subcontracting synergy Taedok Tatsuno technology park technopolis technopolis program telecommunications Tokyo towns Tsukuba universities urban workers Yokohama