Building Knowledge Cities: The Role of Universities

How can mutually productive relationships between universities and their host cities be developed? And what are the factors which shape university-city relationships in different contexts? This issue of Built Environment considers the dynamic inter-relationships between policies, places and academic institutions in the context of the knowledge-based economy.

 

• Universities and Cities: Governance, Institutions and Mediation
  Beth Perry
• The Role of Universities in Building Prosperous Knowledge Cities: The Malaysian Experience
  Tan Yigitcanlar and Muna Sarimin
• The Role of Universities in Building Knowledge Cities in Australia
  David Charles
• Experience of Engagement between Universities and Cities: Drivers and Barriers in Three European Cities
  John Goddard, Paul Vallance and Jaana Puukka
• The ‘Science City’ as a System Coupler in Fragmented Strategic Urban Environments?
  Paul Benneworth, Gert-jan Hospers, Ben Jongbloed, Liudvika Leiyste and Arend Zomer
• Positioning Higher Education in the Imagined Histories, Geographies and Futures of a European Cross-Border Region
  Pier Paolo Pasqualoni and Alan Scott
• Urban Research in the Knowledge Economy: Content, Context and Outlook
  Tim May and Beth Perry
• Publication Reviews