Learning, Innovation and Urban Evolution

In the global information society, innovation is a highly pervasive process that influences all facets of human life: cultural, economic, political, and institutional. A desire to comprehend the impacts of innovative change on so many areas of urban life prompted the research project that has result...

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Other Authors: Batten, David F. (Editor), Bertuglia, Cristoforo Sergio (Editor), Martellato, Dino (Editor), Occelli, Sylvie (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Learning, Innovation and Urban Evolution: An Introduction
  • I: Learning and Knowledge Exchange
  • Section A: Theories of Learning and Complex Dynamics
  • 2. Innovation and Patterns of Learning: A Survey of Evolutionary Theories
  • 3. Emergence and Co-Evolutionary Learning in Self-Organised Urban Development
  • 4. Nonlinear Dynamics, Innovation and Metropolitan Development
  • Section B: Path-Dependent Processes of Knowledge Exchange
  • 5. The Knowledge-Intensive Nature of Japan’s Urban Development
  • 6. Interurban Knowledge Networks
  • 7. Innovation and Urban Planning
  • II: Innovation and its Spatial Impacts
  • Section C: Economic and Technological Changes
  • 8. Product Vintages and Specialisation Dynamics in a Hierarchical Urban System
  • 9. The Impact of Research Activities on the European Urban System
  • 10. Is the Real Exchange Rate Relevant for Determining the Innovation Potential of European Regions?
  • Section D: Impacts of Innovations in Telecommunications and Transport
  • 11. Impact of the New Information Technologies on Economic-Spatial Systems: Towards an Agenda for Future Research
  • 12. Telematics Innovation and the Development of Non-Metropolitan Areas: Lessons from Policy Experience
  • 13. The Impact of Innovations in Telecommunications and Information Systems on Urban Mobility
  • List of Contributors