Place making facilitators of knowledge and innovation spaces: insights from European best practices

Balancing gentrification in the knowledge economy: the case of Chattanooga’s innovation district

“…The purpose of the case study is to uncover the policy responses that are being implemented in order to mitigate the negative externalities of place-based, knowledgebased urban development strategies, such as those associated with innovation districts. Chattanooga's innovation district was purposefully sampled to provide an 'informationrich case' (Patton 2015, 230) because in contrast with many innovation districts that have heavily relied on public interventions or real estate companies for their development (see Pancholi, Yigitcanlar, and Guaralda 2015), Chattanooga's innovation district has involved the participation of a wide range of actors, such as foundations, 501(c)3 organizations, the local government, real estate companies, the local university, the municipally owned utility company, startups, and private companies, thus allowing for more inclusive considerations.…”

“…The concept of an innovation district is the policy response to the increasingly spatial and urban dimensions of the knowledge economy (Bevilacqua, Pizzimenti, 2016;Carrillo et al 2014),), combining innovation theories with socioeconomic trends that have emerged in the knowledge economy (Morisson 2014). Innovation districts are using placemaking to lure and retain knowledge workers, who are seen as the most important element in building a successful knowledge economy (Esmaeilpoorarabi, Yigitcanlar, and Guaralda 2016;Florida 2002;Pancholi, Yigitcanlar, and Guaralda 2015). Using conceptual elements from knowledge-based urban development (KBUD), innovation districts can be created through market forces or through public interventions (Morisson 2014;Pancholi, Yigitcanlar, and Guaralda 2015).…”

“…Innovation districts are using placemaking to lure and retain knowledge workers, who are seen as the most important element in building a successful knowledge economy (Esmaeilpoorarabi, Yigitcanlar, and Guaralda 2016;Florida 2002;Pancholi, Yigitcanlar, and Guaralda 2015). Using conceptual elements from knowledge-based urban development (KBUD), innovation districts can be created through market forces or through public interventions (Morisson 2014;Pancholi, Yigitcanlar, and Guaralda 2015). Market-driven innovation districts, however, have proven to greatly contribute to gentrification (Mirabal 2009).…”

“…The concept of an innovation district is the policy response to the increasingly spatial and urban dimensions of the knowledge economy (Carrillo et al 2014;Yigitcanlar and Velibeyoglu 2008). An innovation district is a place-based urban development strategy that aims to regenerate an under-performing downtown neighborhood into a desirable location for knowledge and creative companies and workers (Pancholi, Yigitcanlar, and Guaralda 2015;Yigitcanlar, Baum, and Horton 2007). The main objective of innovation districts is to accelerate the technological innovation process by clustering knowledge companies and workers (Katz and Wagner 2014;Morisson 2014).…”

Innovation in the IT sector: intermediary organisations as a knowledge sharing strategy?

“…In contrast with traditional neoclassical views of entrepreneurial and innovation activity, this more collective, unorthodox view, supports the role of institutions in the economic dynamics (Tremblay, 2004(Tremblay, , 2002 and in the development of cities, regions and nations. Indeed, this theoretical perspective puts forward the importance of networks and proximity for knowledge sharing and, in turn, to support territorial and regional dynamics (Secundo, Del Vecchio, Passiante, 2015 ;) or city development through place-making (Esmaeilpoorarabi;Guaralda 2016 ;Laitinen, Osborne, Stenvall, 2016 ; Pancholi, Yigitcanlar, Guaralda, 2015 ;Carillo, Yigitcanlar and Garcia, 2014).…”