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
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LEARNING,INNOVATION ANO URBAN EVOLUTION
edited by David F. Batten Cristoforo S. Bertuglia Dino Martellato Sylvie Occelli
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Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Learning, innovation, and urban evolution / edited by David F. Batten ... [et al]. p. efi.
Includes bibliographieal references and index. ISBN 978-1-4613-7083-3 ISBN 978-1-4615-4609-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-4609-2 1. Cities and towns--Effect of technological innovations. 2. City planning. 3. Information society. 4. Technology--Social aspects. 5. Technology-Economic aspects. 1. Batten, David F. HTI66.L4262000 307.76--dc21 00-040546 Copyright © 2000 by Springer Science+Business Media New York Origioally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2000 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover Ist edition 2000 AII rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Contents
Preface Acknowledgement I.
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Learning, Innovation and Urban Evolution: An Introduction David F. Batten, Cristoforo S. Bertuglia, Dino Martellato, Sylvie Occelli
PART I: LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
Section A: Theories of Learning and Complex Dynamics 2.
Innovation and Patterns of Learning: A Survey of Evolutionary Theories
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Mario Cimoli and Marina della Giusta
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Emergence and Co-Evolutionary Learning in Self-Organised Urban Development
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David F. Batten
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Nonlinear Dynamics, Innovation and Metropolitan Development Dimitrios S. Dendrinos
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Section B: Path-Dependent Processes of Knowledge Exchange 5.
The Knowledge-Intensive Nature of Japan's Urban Development
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Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Sotaro Kunihisa and Kei Fukuyama
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Interurban Knowledge Networks
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Martin J Beckmann
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Innovation and Urban Planning Britton Harris
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PART II: INNOVATION AND ITS SPATIAL IMPACTS Section C: Economic and Technological Changes
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Product Vintages and Specialisation Dynamics in a Hierarchical Urban System
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Ul/a Forslund and Barje Johansson
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The Impact of Research Activities on the European Urban System
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Stefano Magrini
10. Is the Real Exchange Rate Relevant for Determining the Innovation Potential of European Regions?
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Dino Martel/ato
Section D: Impacts of Innovations in Telecommunications and Transport
11. Impact of the New Information Technologies on EconomicSpatial Systems: Towards an Agenda for Future Research
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Cristoforo S. Bertuglia and Sylvie Occelli
12. Telematics Innovation and the Development of Non-Metropolitan Areas: Lessons from Policy Experience
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Andrew Gillespie and Ranald Richardson
13. The Impact of Innovations in Telecommunications and Information Systems on Urban Mobility
271
Ennio Cascetta and Bruno Montella
Index
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List of Contributors
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Preface
In the global information society, innova
