Journal
REGIONAL STUDIES
Volume 49, Issue 5, Pages 883-898Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1019846
Keywords
Creativity; Evolution; Diversity; Urban form; Science; Neighbourhood; R14; O31; O1; R11
Funding
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation
- Ontario Research Fund
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Spencer G. M. Knowledge neighbourhoods: urban form and evolutionary economic geography, Regional Studies. This paper examines connections between the urban form of neighbourhoods in relation to the evolutionary economic geography of knowledge-intensive industries. The data presented show that firms in 'creative' industries tend to be located in dense, mixed-use neighbourhoods near the city core, while 'science-based' industries tend to be concentrated in low-density, single-use neighbourhoods in the suburbs. It is argued that these spatial patterns are related to the fact that inter-firm networks are more important in the 'creative' industries, while 'science-based' industries rely more heavily on intra-firm interactions and learning.
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