The Urban University and the Knowledge Economy

New Spaces of Interaction
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-138-79492-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy

This book presents international experiences of territorial strategies and urban projects in which universities have played a major role over the past fifteen years, through spatial planning and within a multiscalar approach.

This approach constitutes the book’s first originality, illustrating the complexity of certain cases (such as New York, London, or the Greater Paris Metropolis) by highlighting the significant interconnections between spatial and institutional scales. The second innovative aspect lies in the selection of case studies, some of which are addressed for the first time in international literature (Benguerir in Morocco, Bergamo in Italy, Grenoble, Lille, Marseille, and Lyon in France, and Hanoi in Vietnam), while others are still little known from the perspective of university planning and its (political and economic) role in major metropolitan areas (Greater Paris Metropolis, Seoul). The third key point explores the opportunity to directly compare well-established Western metropolises like New York and London with the evolving Greater Paris Metropolis. It also highlights Montreal, a city blending Anglo-Saxon and French influences, while seeking its own unique path. Additionally, Asia’s dynamic role is explored, from China’s innovative university planning to Hanoi’s ambitious projects and Seoul’s tension between national policies and metropolitan ambitions.

All chapters have been designed to raise questions, provoke reflections, and develop a perspective on the ongoing evolution of territorial strategies that leverage universities and the research conducted within them as a means to drive economic growth and increase productivity. These strategies also converge toward an image of the city as a knowledge hub, facilitating relationships between universities, businesses, and city users.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ingallina, Patrizia

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Beyond the “21st Century City of Innovation”: New York’s Knowledge Economy Imaginary 3. University Roles in Urban Innovation Ecosystem: Case Studies from London (UK) and Early Examples from the USA 4. University Planning, Knowledge City, and Innovation in France. The Greater Paris Metropolis: Developing a French Model? 5. University-City Coalitions Through Cross-City Campuses in China 6. University of Bergamo: The ‘Diffuse Campus’ as a Tool for Adapting to Urban Changes 7. Urban Redevelopment and Innovation: The Université de Montréal MIL Campus 8. Grenoble’s Knowledge Economy and Its Ecosystem 9. Sangnam Digital Media City (DMC) in Seoul, Toward New Sustainable and Innovative Urban Future 10. Collaborations Among Higher Education Structures, Research Centres, Firms, and Local Governments in the Lille, Lyon, and Marseille Metropolitan Areas (France): The Case of the Multimedia Industry 11. City-University Complex: A Model for the Knowledge City? Lessons for Hanoi’s Hoa Lac Campus (Vietnam) 12. Two Cases of New Knowledge-Based Green Cities in Morocco: The Green City of Benguerir and the Technopole Foum el Oued 13. Conclusions 14. Postface. From Ivory Tower to Entrepreneurial Hub: Urban Universities in the Innovation Complex 15. Appendix Managing Science Cities Spaces in Wider Urban Hierarchies: Reconciling Knowledge-Based and Polycentric Modes of Urban Development

Über Autor(innen)

Patrizia Ingallina is Professor of Urban Planning and Urban Design Project at Sorbonne University (Paris, France) where she directs the master’s degree in urban planning.