Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks (Regions and Cities) - Hardcover

Komninos, Nicos

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041545591X ISBN 13: 9780415455916

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks combines concepts and theories from the fields of urban development and planning, innovation management, and virtual / intelligent environments. It explains the rise of intelligent cities with respect to the globalisation of systems of innovation; opens up a new way for making intelligent environments via the connection of human skills, institutional mechanisms, and digital spaces operating within a community; and describes a series of platforms and tools for the making of intelligent cities.

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About the Author

Nicos Komninos is currently a professor of Urban Development and Innovation Policy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is Director of the URENIO Research Unit and has co-ordinated numerous research projects under the European R&D Framework Programmes. He has also been involved as expert in the development of technology parks and regional innovation strategies in the EU and developing countries.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041545591X
• ISBN 13: 9780415455916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320