The renaissance of the city as a cluster of innovation
Publication date
2018-10-08ISSN
2331-1975
Abstract
The first part of the twenty-first century has witnessed a rebirth of “the
City” as an engine of innovation. This renaissance has been an organic response to
technological and societal pressures, opportunities, and norms. This is a sharp
reversal from the latter half of the twentieth century, which saw the decay and
erosion of the City as a place of economic value creation. In spite of the best efforts
of governments and city planners, suburbanization, first of residences, and then
industry, led to a hollowing out than in some areas decimated urban life. What
lessons can we learn from the emergent reversal of this trend? We explore in depth
the examples of San Francisco, Austin (Texas), and London to discover lessons that
may be broadly adopted.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Accepted version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
33 - Economics. Economic science
Keywords
Administració
Management
Administración
Ciutats
Ciudades
Cities and towns
Emprenedoria
Entrepreneurship
Emprendedores
Pages
20
Publisher
Cogent OA, part of Taylor & Francis Group
Collection
5; 1
Is part of
Cogent Business & Management
Citation
Engel, Jerome. S.; Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina; Piqué, Josep Miquel. «The renaissance of the city as a cluster of innovation». Cogent Business & Management, vol. 5, núm. 1, 1532777. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2018.1532777
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