Geographies of Disruption

This book looks at the uncharted territory between innovation activities and place making efforts to cultivate them. ‘Geographies of Disruption’ aims to fill that gap by exploring the growing importance of place making for knowledge generation and innovation activities in contemporary cities, and providing an in-depth understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of innovation geographies and the conditions that help their emergence and growth. This book underlines the growing importance of knowledge generation and innovation activities for the competitiveness of cities and their regions. It provides an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of knowledge-based urban development and its implications and prospects for cities and regions. This pioneering book contributes to the conceptualisation and practice of innovation geographies by disseminating both conceptual and empirical research findings with real-world best practice applications. With a multidisciplinary approach to themes of technology and urban development, this book is a key reference source for scholars, practitioners, consultants, city officials, policymakers and innovation study enthusiasts.

Part I: Theory of Innovation Geography.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Conceptual Foundations of Innovation Geography.- Chapter 3. Place Dynamics for Innovation.- Chapter 4. Conclusions.- Part II: Practice of Innovation Geography.- Chapter 5. Introduction.- Chapter 6. Characteristics of Innovation Geography.- Chapter 7. Insights from Northern European Best Practices.- Chapter 8. Conclusions.- Part III: Knowledge Cities.- Chapter  9. Introduction.- Chapter 10. Theory and Practice of Knowledge Cities and Knowledge-Based Urban Development.- Chapter 11. Global Knowledge City Best Practice.- Chapter 12. Benchmarking Knowledge City Performance.- Chapter 13. Recommendations and Strategic Directions.- Chapter 14. Conclusions.- Part IV: Knowledge Precincts.- Chapter 15. Introduction.- Chapter 16. Theory and Practice of Knowledge Precincts.- Chapter 17. Global Knowledge Precinct Best Practice.- Chapter 18. Benchmarking Knowledge Precincts.- Chapter 19. Recommendations and Strategic Directions.- Chapter 20. Conclusions.