Perspectives on Ottawa’s High-tech Sector: 13 (Études canadiennes – Canadian Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9052013705 ISBN 13: 9789052013701

Publisher: Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes, 2008

Synopsis

Canada’s capital – Ottawa – is earning a reputation as a global technology centre that offers a dynamic mix of economic, cultural, educational and recreational opportunities. It is an advanced technology centre, particularly known for its research and development in the fields of telecommunications, technology services, software development, defence and security, microelectronics/wireless and photonics. Readers can see innovation and the elements of the New Economy revealed by the different authors detailing different accounts and analyses of the Ottawa area.
The book is organised into four themes: 1. Ottawa: A Knowledge City?, 2. Planning the Cluster: By Decision, By Design or By Destiny?, 3. ‘Growing’ the Cluster: Idea Farming and Innovation Strategies for Economic Development, and 4. The Unique Ottawa Cluster: Regional, Bilingual and Cosmopolitan.

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About the Author

The Editors: Nick Novakowski, MCIP, is an urban geographer and urban planner at Grenfell College, Memorial University of Newfoundland. His research interests include knowledge cities, Chinese urbanisation, and environmental planning. His consulting specialty involves Chinese urban development.
Since June 2005, Rémy Tremblay has been a professor at Téléuniversité (UQAM's distance learning university). He holds currently a Canada Research Chair on Knowledge Cities and is director of the Équipe de recherche sur les villes du savoir (ERVS-research team on knowledge cities), a laboratory funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). He is also co-editor (in French) of the Canadian Journal of Regional Science.

Edition details

• Publisher: Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9052013705
• ISBN 13: 9789052013701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274
• Editor: Novakowski Nick, Tremblay Rémy