The Role of Knowledge-Based and Innovative Cities in Urban and Regional Development

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D Candidate, Department of Urban Planning, Art & Architecture Faculty , Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Art &; Architecture Faculty, University of Tarbiat Modares , Tehran, Iran

3 Professor, Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of civil, Architecture and art , Islamic Azad University, Science and research branch, , Tehran, Iran

4 Associate professor , Department of Urban planning, Faculty of civil, Architecture and art, Islamic Azad University, central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background: The overuse of unstable urban income to develop cities has led to a lot of problems for the communities. Indeed, continuing this trend has posed a serious challenge to the cities and regions.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the knowledge-based areas in the urban and regional development based on the theoretical foundations and global experiences.
Methodology: Documentary and library methods have been used to study the theoretical foundations and the empirical background.
Results: Innovation is one of the main pillars of the knowledge-based cities that is the focus of interest in the recent decades. One of the outcomes of the innovation areas is the formation of the knowledge-based cities. Hence, the city-regions are the center of growth and the center of knowledge. The process of innovation actually addresses what makes knowledge valuable and how it is created through the interactive and complex relationships in an institutional setting. In other words, the key elements of this complex are the Universities, industries, and governments. If they connect optimally, the development will be achieved through the knowledge-based cities and regions. The global experiences have represented this fact clearly.
Conclusion: The link between the creative individuals, the major investors, and the urban and regional rulers has provided a conducive environment for the emergence of a new concept in the scientific community, namely the knowledge-based city. The two driving forces in the formation of the cities and areas of knowledge have changed the spatial structure of planning and divided it into three levels of the regional planning, urban planning, and urban design. Given the important role of the relationship between the urban and regional planning in a coherent hierarchical system, it is important to focus on the regional innovation system and the coherent relationship between the levels of the regional planning, urban planning and urban design in the creation and operation of knowledge-based cities.

Highlights

The knowledge-based city has been the focus of attention of the international organizations, urban managers, and research communities over the past few decades. Just as it is important to know the knowledge-based city, knowledge management also plays an important role in the development of the cities and regions, so that without the management, the development is not possible in any of the economic, social and cultural dimensions.

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  • Receive Date: 19 November 2019
  • Revise Date: 08 January 2020
  • Accept Date: 08 April 2020

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