------ Forwarded Message > From: Tan Yigitcanlar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 09:45:19 +1000 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS - Knowledge-Based Urban Development: Planning > and Applications in the Information Era > > CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS > > Knowledge-Based Urban Development: Planning and Applications in the > Information Era > Tan Yigitcanlar, Koray Velibeyoglu and Scott Baum > Urban Research Program, Griffith University, Australia > Proposal Submission Deadline: 30 June 2006 Inquiries and Submissions to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Introduction > The book Knowledge-Based Urban Development: Planning and Applications in the > Information Era¹ will cover the theoretical, thematic and country specific > issues of knowledge cities to underline the growing importance of > knowledge-based urban development (KBUD) all around the world. > > In the globalising world, knowledge and information (and the social and > technological settings for their production and communication) are now seen as > keys to economic prosperity. The economy of a knowledge city creates (high) > value-added products using research, technology, and brainpower. The social > benefit of KBUD, however, extends beyond aggregate economic growth. On the one > hand, it holds out the possibility of a particularly resilient form of urban > development secured in a network of connections anchored at local, national, > and global coordinates. On the other hand, quality of life, defined not only > by the level of public service (e.g. health and education) but also by the > conservation and development of the cultural, aesthetic and ecological values > that give cities their character and attract (or repel) the creative class, is > a prerequisite for successful knowledge based development. The promise of KBUD > is, therefore, a secure economy in a human setting: in short, sustainable > development. > > In a knowledge economy urban form and functions are primarily shaped by global > market forces rather than urban planning. Normative urban and regional > planning, inherited from the twentieth century, has proved unable to respond > to the rapid changes and challenges of the knowledge economy. As the role of > knowledge in wealth creation becomes a critical issue in cities, urban > administrations and planners need to discover new approaches to harness the > considerable opportunities of abstract production for a global order. > > The Overall Objective of the Book > KBUD is a largely uncharted territory of research. While the idea of the > knowledge city is by no means unknown, there has been little substantive > research into planning for knowledge-based production. As the finite > opportunities of globalised production are taken up on an ever-widening scale > elsewhere, there is an urgent need for comprehensive research into the present > incidence and future potential of KBUD. In this context, the twin objectives > of the book are to highlight the decisive lineaments of urban development for > knowledge based production and to draw attention to new planning processes to > foster such development. It will also provide selected world-wide best > practice and case studies from knowledge city in practice for practitioners in > the field of urban development. > > The detailed aims of this book project are: > Define key conceptual and empirical issues of urban development and planning > in cities of the twenty-first century. > Discuss the role of knowledge and its spatial form in urban development. > Identify the preconditions for innovative use of urban resources for cities. > Review existing urban information and communication (ICT) policy and the > implications of ICT use for conventional land use regulation. > Sketch the impacts of ICTs upon localised, physical space to provide new > perspectives for planners and managers. > Pin point new methods to evaluate the potential of urban planning to delivery > knowledge-based development. > Determine and share KBUD experiences of the successful knowledge cities. > > The chapters of this book will further explore the following broad research > questions: > What is the role of the city in the knowledge economy? > What are the main characteristics of KBUD? > What are the forces and factors of successful KBUD? > What is the capacity of urban planning in the transformation of cities into > knowledge cities? > > The Target Audience > Knowledge-Based Urban Development: Planning and Applications in the > Information Era¹ will appeal to knowledge management practitioners, economic > development planners, public service agencies and policy-makers in public > sector, grant making institutions, urban and regional development/planning > bodies, researchers, academics and students by bringing together research, > action research, best practice and case studies in an integrated framework to > develop and explain policy and theory development. Thus, the book will have a > wide-ranging audience across the main components of knowledge city and KBUD > throughout the world. > > Topics and Structure of the Book > Knowledge-Based Urban Development: Planning and Applications in the > Information Era¹ will gather up-to-date and ongoing research and will make a > significant contribution to the recent literature on KBUD and the application > of the KBUD paradigm to cities. Additionally, it will include discussion on > urban development and planning in the information age, and, in particular, > urban ICT policy making authored by leading experts and practitioners offering > an in-depth explanation of key terms and concepts related to various > practical, theoretical, thematic and country specific issues of KBUD all > around the world. The topics of the book include, but are not limited to, the > following: > > Knowledge and the city > The knowledge economy and society > Urban innovativeness and knowledge spill-over - tacit and codified knowledge > Urban services and infrastructure for knowledge cities > Social and human capital > Knowledge workers and quality of life > > City knowledge and organisations > Urban ICT policy and technology adoption: Policy perspective > Managing ICT related changes in urban environment: Information systems > perspective > Public ICT policies and the city governments: Organizational perspective > Constructing knowledge city image: Management perspective > > Knowledge based urban development > Knowledge cities > Frameworks for the development of knowledge cities > Planning for knowledge-based urban development > Key success factors for knowledge-based urban development > > Knowledge city in practice > Best practices > Case studies > > Selection Criteria and Submission Procedure: > The editors aim to accommodate all proposals subject to quality. In the event > of us being swamped with proposals and given that we want to avoid as much as > possible parallel papers, some selection may take place. We will make the > selection on the basis of quality and originality of the paper and broad > interest to the audience. > > Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a manuscript proposal > clearly explaining the objective, aims, methodology and expected outcomes of > the proposed chapter. We are seeking proposals/extended abstracts of 500-1000 > words for chapters between 6,000 and 10,000 words. The deadline for submitting > abstracts is 30 June 2006. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by > 01 August 2006. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by 01 December > 2006. All submitted chapters will be peer reviewed by two or three referees on > a blind review basis. This book is tentatively scheduled for publishing by > Idea Group Reference, www.idea-group-ref.com <http://www.idea-group-ref.com/> > , in 2007. Submissions including your name, affiliation, position and short > biography (max 250 words) should be forwarded electronically in MSWORD > attachments via e-mail to the editors [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > We look forward to your submissions. > > With our best wishes, > > Dr Tan Yigitcanlar, Dr Koray Velibeyoglu and A/Prof Scott Baum > Urban Research Program > Griffith University > 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia > Tel: +61 7 3735 5295 > Website: www.griffith.edu.au/centre/urp > <http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/urp> > Contact email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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