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Urban Competitiveness and Innovation
Against the backdrop of today’s climate of economic globalization and the rapid development of information, this timely book explores the complex concept of competitiveness between cities.
The expert contributors illustrate that innovation is a prerequisite for increasing urban competitiveness, and highlight the various ways that urban innovation-based competitiveness can be approached.
The expert contributors illustrate that innovation is a prerequisite for increasing urban competitiveness, and highlight the various ways that urban innovation-based competitiveness can be approached.
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Against the backdrop of today’s climate of economic globalization and the rapid development of information, this timely book explores the complex concept of competitiveness between cities.
The expert contributors illustrate that innovation is a prerequisite for increasing urban competitiveness, and highlight the various ways that urban innovation-based competitiveness can be approached. Themes explored include:
• industrial clusters
• competitiveness between major cities
• local policy and competition enhancement
• governance to combat global climate change
• innovation in urban policy and collaboration between cities
• cluster theory and cluster-based economic development policy
• the strategic shift towards domestic markets and service enhancement.
Scholars and policymakers in the fields of economics, public sector economics, innovation, technology and urban competitiveness will find this book to be an enlightening read.
The expert contributors illustrate that innovation is a prerequisite for increasing urban competitiveness, and highlight the various ways that urban innovation-based competitiveness can be approached. Themes explored include:
• industrial clusters
• competitiveness between major cities
• local policy and competition enhancement
• governance to combat global climate change
• innovation in urban policy and collaboration between cities
• cluster theory and cluster-based economic development policy
• the strategic shift towards domestic markets and service enhancement.
Scholars and policymakers in the fields of economics, public sector economics, innovation, technology and urban competitiveness will find this book to be an enlightening read.
Critical Acclaim
‘Social science researchers interested in urban evolution will be interested in this book. City decision-makers will also find the book’s insights into approaches for address-ing city challenges useful. . . The authors succeed in providing valuable analyses based on a set of indexes, case studies, and other methods. The book is especially useful for providing a rich set of details about the progress that cities are making to inform policy through evidence-based analysis.’
– Stephanie S. Shipp, Science & Public Policy
– Stephanie S. Shipp, Science & Public Policy
Contributors
Contributors: E.Braun, M. Cointreau, G. Ferrari, F. Gipouloux, H. Ichikawa, L. Kai, L. Kamal-Chaoui, P.K. Kresl, W.F. Lever, S. Mollica, P. Ni, Z. Qiongjie, W. Shaokun, J. Shen, J. Sobrino, P. J. Taylor, L. van den Berg, W. van Winden, H. Wolman, M. Zhang
Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction
Ni Pengfei and Zheng Qiongjie
PART I: URBAN COMPETITIVENESS
2. Chinese Cities and Global Urban Competitiveness
Pengfei Ni, Wei Shaokun, Liu Kai and Zheng Qiongjie
3. Better Cities, Better Planet: Examples of Governing Against climate change from OECD Countries
Lamia Kamal-Chaoui and Margo Cointreau
4. The Strategic Shift Toward Domestic Market, Service Enhancement, and Urban Competitiveness in China
François Gipouloux
PART II: URBAN COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION
5. Enhancing the Innovation Based Urban Competitiveness
Guido Ferrari
6. Enhancing Urban Competitiveness through Innovative Growth Clusters
Leo Van Den Berg, Erik Braun and Wiliem Van Winden
7. Innovation in Urban Policy; Collaboration Rather than Competition between Cities
William F. Lever
8. What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation
Zhang Ming
PART III: WORLD CITIES
9. Competition and Cooperation between Cities in Globalization
Peter Taylor
10. Global Power City Index-Comprehensive Power of Cities to Enhance their Competitiveness
Hiroo Ichikawa
11. Urban Development in Hong Kong and its Regional Integration with Pearl River Delta 1978–2009
Shen Jianfa
PART IV: URBAN COMPETITIVENESS AND INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS
12. A Development Officer’s Guide to Clusters
Peter Karl Kresl
13. Cultural Policies and Local Development Strategies: The Cultural District of Caserta, Italy
Stefano Mollica
14. Economic Competitiveness, Clusters, and Cluster-Based Development
Hal Wolman
15. Urban Competitiveness and Industrial Clusters in Mexico
Janime Sobrino
Afterwords
1. Introduction
Ni Pengfei and Zheng Qiongjie
PART I: URBAN COMPETITIVENESS
2. Chinese Cities and Global Urban Competitiveness
Pengfei Ni, Wei Shaokun, Liu Kai and Zheng Qiongjie
3. Better Cities, Better Planet: Examples of Governing Against climate change from OECD Countries
Lamia Kamal-Chaoui and Margo Cointreau
4. The Strategic Shift Toward Domestic Market, Service Enhancement, and Urban Competitiveness in China
François Gipouloux
PART II: URBAN COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION
5. Enhancing the Innovation Based Urban Competitiveness
Guido Ferrari
6. Enhancing Urban Competitiveness through Innovative Growth Clusters
Leo Van Den Berg, Erik Braun and Wiliem Van Winden
7. Innovation in Urban Policy; Collaboration Rather than Competition between Cities
William F. Lever
8. What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation
Zhang Ming
PART III: WORLD CITIES
9. Competition and Cooperation between Cities in Globalization
Peter Taylor
10. Global Power City Index-Comprehensive Power of Cities to Enhance their Competitiveness
Hiroo Ichikawa
11. Urban Development in Hong Kong and its Regional Integration with Pearl River Delta 1978–2009
Shen Jianfa
PART IV: URBAN COMPETITIVENESS AND INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS
12. A Development Officer’s Guide to Clusters
Peter Karl Kresl
13. Cultural Policies and Local Development Strategies: The Cultural District of Caserta, Italy
Stefano Mollica
14. Economic Competitiveness, Clusters, and Cluster-Based Development
Hal Wolman
15. Urban Competitiveness and Industrial Clusters in Mexico
Janime Sobrino
Afterwords
