The Technopolis Phenomenon Smart Cities, Fast Systems, Global Networks
by Gibson, David V.; Kozmetsky, George; Smilor, RayFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1992-10-06
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary
Leading experts from academia, government, and industry present information, ideas, programs and initiatives that accelerate the creation of smart cities, fast systems, and global networks.
Table of Contents
| List of Tables and Figures | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Fast Forward to the Twenty-first Century: Forces Shaping the Scope and Direction of Infrastructure Development and Implementation | |
| Technopolis: Challenges and Issues: A Tale of (at Least) Three Cities | p. 3 |
| Technology in the Coming Era of Federalism | p. 11 |
| Technology, Enterprise, and Freedom | p. 19 |
| Infrastructure, Competitiveness, and the Global Economy | p. 27 |
| Smart Infrastructures in a Global Context: Case Studies of Trend-Setting Infrastructures | |
| Globalization of Regional Development | p. 43 |
| The Challenge to Smart Buildings: User-Controlled Ecological Environments for Productivity | p. 53 |
| Multifunction Polis: Partnering for a Global Technopolis | p. 69 |
| Future Sites for High-Technology Development in the Former Soviet Union | p. 81 |
| Fast Systems: Technology Breakthroughs and Human Resources to Accelerate High-Technology Development | |
| The Information Infrastructure in Technopolis: The Intelligent Network | p. 87 |
| Managing and Training in the Information-Based Organization | p. 103 |
| Technopolis, Cities, and Human Dimension: The FAST Program of the Commission of the European Communities | p. 113 |
| Global Networks and Their Implementation: Personal, Institutional, and Technological Networks for Infrastructure Development | |
| Personal Networks and Infrastructure Development | p. 125 |
| Infrastructure for the Long Term via the Fine Grain | p. 147 |
| Experiences and Plans for a EuroTechnopolis: EuroPark Alpha B1 in Mid-Germany | p. 153 |
| Information and Communications Technology: A Strategic Choice of the Italian Technopolis | p. 163 |
| Strategic Alliances for Development: Ways to Facilitate Cooperation among Multiple Companies and Countries | |
| Economic Development, Technology Transfer, and Venture Financing in the Global Economy | p. 179 |
| Culture and Entrepreneurial Success: Innovation in Science Parks | p. 193 |
| The Multimedia City of the Future | p. 197 |
| About the Editors | p. 209 |
| Contributors | p. 213 |
| About the Sponsors | p. 215 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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