The Emergence of Technopolis: Knowledge-Intensive Technologies and Regional Development

by Robert Preer

Overview

This study examines the rise of the technopolis—high technology-based regional development. It explores how and why these regions emerged and the policies that have been devised to promote them. The rapid, propulsive growth of the technopolis in the 1960s and 1970s caught many people by surprise. Silicon Valley arose in an agricultural area; Route 128 in a stagnant manufacturing region. Throughout the rest of the world, a new generation of regional development policies have appeared, the most common ones being science parks, small business incubators, and venture capital funds. This book surveys these policies from a comparative, critical perspective. It also develops a theoretical framework for understanding why regional high-technology development occurs and the role policy can play in the process.

This work will be of interest to development planners and scholars in the fields of economic geography, development economics, and regional development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275940904
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/30/1992
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1250L (what's this?)

About the Author

Robert W. Preer is a professional jourbanalist who has also served as the Director of the Special Committee on Long-range Policy Planning of the Massachusetts State Senate. He holds a BA from Oberlin College and a MA and PhD from Boston University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Technopolis Policies
The Technopolis and Regional Development Theory: A Framework for Analysis
Evaluating Technopolis Policies
The Development of the Route 128 Technopolis
The Development of the Silicon Valley Technopolis
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Describes, compares, and evaluates the various public policies that have either sparked or nurtured the explosive regional development based on high-technology in the US since the 1960s. Examines in detail two such areas: Route 128 in Massachusetts, and Silicon Valley in California. Of interest to regional planners and to economists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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