Rising knowledge cities: the role of urban knowledge precincts

Abstract

Purpose

The paper seeks to investigate the changing and challenging spatial nature of the rising knowledge cities' knowledge precincts.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper reviews the literature on recent knowledge precinct developments within the frame of innovation and urban economic competitiveness. The methodology develops a typological investigation and searches for useful insights for better understanding the fundamentals of knowledge precincts. The study exemplifies cases from Australia as well as other global best practices.

Findings

The paper sheds light on the contemporary knowledge production of rising knowledge cities, and points out the changing spatial agglomeration of knowledge‐intensive industries and the formation of new types of knowledge precincts as the spatial core of knowledge‐based urban development.

Originality/value

The paper provides an in‐depth discussion on the changing spatial concepts of knowledge precincts and their vital role for the knowledge‐based urban development of cities.

Citation

Yigitcanlar, T., Velibeyoglu, K. and Martinez‐Fernandez, C. (2008), "Rising knowledge cities: the role of urban knowledge precincts", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 12 No. 5, pp. 8-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270810902902