High-Tech Urban Spaces : Asian and European Perspectives
Contents: Preface. I. Perspectives on high-tech spaces: 1. Introduction: high-tech urban spaces in perspective/C. Ramachandraiah, A.C.M. Van Westen and Sheela Prasad. 2. Geography of high-tech spaces: some reflections/Doreen Massey. II. European perspectives: 3. Campus, coffee and creativity: the development of the University of Twente towards a regional knowledge park/Gert-Jan Hospers and Sjoerd van Tongeren. 4. The urban contradictions of Delft as a knowledge-based city/Ana Maria Fernandez-Maldonado. 5. From Dirigiste to interactive innovation systems: three paths to technopolitan development in France/Ludovic Halbert. III. South-east Asian perspectives: 6. From Daedeok to Teheran-ro: the genesis and development of new industrial spaces in South Korea/Robert Hassink and Dong-Ho Shin. 7. Remaking the economy and high-tech spaces in Singapore: a consideration of one-north/Leo Van Grunsven. 8. From export processing zones to industrial clusters: growth synergies in the electronics industry in Malaysia/Rajah Rasiah. IV. Indian perspectives: 9. Globalization and ICT clusters in Bangalore (India) and Nanjing (China): the potential of the ICT sector and its spatial implications/Meine Pieter van Dijk. 10. Dynamics of high-tech urban spaces: Lessons from IT sector expansion in the National Capital Region, India/Shipra Maitra. 11. The makeover of Hyderabad: is it the \'Model\' IT city?/C. Ramachandraiah and Sheela Prasad. 12. Urban reform and shaping politics: contextualizing Bangalore\'s IT corridor/Asha Ghosh. 13. Dynamics of high-tech zones in Pune: emerging trends and impacts/Darshini Mahadevia and Appeeji Parasher. 14. High-Tech development in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area: spatial dynamics and impacts/Annapurna Shaw.
"The rise of ICT-related service industries is not only changing India\'s economy, but also reconfiguring its urban landscapes. This volume looks at the emergence of \'high-tech\' India, together with \'high-tech\' experiences in select Asian and European countries, from the perspective of geographers and other scholars interested in how society uses and transforms urban space. In most cities, spectacular new business districts are created; emphasizing difference by means of spatial separation from the rest of the city and a distinct style of architecture.
Specific high-tech spaces first appeared in western cities in the 1970s. In the last few decades, these high-tech spaces have spread around the world, producing distinct urban landscapes and spatial patterns. These differences reflect local conditions, as well as the demands made by leading companies, and the ambitions of local politicians that determine the ICT policies. The ICT and other high-tech industries offer opportunities for economic growth and development, but can also trigger social exclusion, uproot communities, widen urban disparities and more generally add to urbanization problems of pressure on infrastructure.
This book takes a comparative approach in discussing the engagement of high-tech industries and urban space, and the associated problems and challenges. It presents a range of case studies in Indian cities, and also documents experiences in other Asian countries such as China, Malaysia. Korea and Singapore, and European countries like The Netherlands and France." (jacket)
