1st Edition

The Urban University and the Knowledge Economy New Spaces of Interaction

Edited By Patrizia Ingallina Copyright 2026
306 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book presents international experiences of territorial strategies and urban projects in which universities have played a major role over the past fifteen years, through spatial planning and within a multiscalar approach. This approach constitutes the book’s first originality, illustrating the complexity of certain cases (such as New York, London, or the Greater Paris Metropolis) by... Read more

List of tables and figures

Acknowledgements

About the Editor

Contributors

           

 

1          Introduction

Patrizia INGALLINA

 

2          Beyond the “21st Century City of Innovation”: New York’s Knowledge Economy Imaginary

Michael INDERGAARD

 

3          University Roles in Urban Innovation Ecosystem: Case Studies from London (UK) and Early Examples from the USA

            Cathy GARNER

 

4          University Planning, Knowledge City, and Innovation in France. The Greater Paris Metropolis: Developing a French Model?

            Patrizia INGALLINA

 

5          University-City Coalitions Through Cross-City Campuses in China

            Cui LIU, Fuyi LAI

 

6          University of Bergamo: The ‘Diffuse Campus’ as a Tool for Adapting to Urban Changes

            Fulvio ADOBATI

 

7          Urban Redevelopment and Innovation: The Université de Montréal MIL Campus

            Gérard BEAUDET

 

8          Grenoble’s Knowledge Economy and Its Ecosystem

            Gilles NOVARINA, Charles AMBROSINO, Rachel LINOSSIER, Magali TALANDIER

 

9          Sangnam Digital Media City (DMC) in Seoul, Toward New Sustainable and Innovative Urban Future

            Jungyoon PARK

 

10        Collaborations Among Higher Education Structures, Research Centres, Firms, and Local Governments in the Lille, Lyon, and Marseille Metropolitan Areas (France): The Case of the Multimedia Industry

            Bruno LUSSO

 

11        City-University Complex: A Model for the Knowledge City? Lessons for Hanoi’s Hoa Lac Campus (Vietnam)

            Helga SCARWELL, Divya LEDUCQ

 

12        Two Cases of New Knowledge-Based Green Cities in Morocco: The Green City of Benguerir and the Technopole Foum el Oued

            Marco CARLOTTI, Bouchra ALAOUI AZIZ

 

13        Conclusions

Patrizia INGALLINA

 

14        Postface. From Ivory Tower to Entrepreneurial Hub: Urban Universities in the Innovation Complex

Sharon ZUKIN

 

15 Appendix

 

Managing Science Cities Spaces in Wider Urban Hierarchies: Reconciling Knowledge-Based and Polycentric Modes of Urban Development

Paul BENNEWORTH, Milana KOROTKA, Tiago RATINHO

 

Index

Biography

Patrizia Ingallina is Professor of Urban Planning and Urban Design Project at Sorbonne University (Paris, France) where she directs the master’s degree in urban planning.