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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 learnt 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.

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Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning Regional & area planning Urban & municipal planning

• Full title: Building Prosperous Knowledge Cities - Policies, Plans and Metrics
• Author: Tan Yigitcanlar
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 416
• EAN: 9780857936035
• ISBN: 0857936034
• ID: 01249587
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Weight: 734 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. January 2012

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