Urban system and knowledge society: towards a tipology of spanish cities

Ricardo Méndez Gutiérrez del Valle (), Simón Sánchez Moral, Luis Abad Aragón and Ignacio García Balestena
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Ricardo Méndez Gutiérrez del Valle: Instituto de Economía, Geografía y Demografía. CCHS. CSIC
Simón Sánchez Moral: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Luis Abad Aragón: Instituto de Economía, Geografía y Demografía. CCHS. CSIC
Ignacio García Balestena: Instituto de Economía, Geografía y Demografía. CCHS. CSIC

INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, 2009, issue 16, 117-142

Abstract: The article begins with a review of the concepts regarding the interrelationships between knowledge and urban development, proposing a scheme of four main channels whereby cities join the knowledge society: namely, economic structure, human capital, innovation effort and networking. Upon this basis, Spanish cities are subjected to a comparative analysis of their knowledge indicators in each of these components, considering the degree of spatial concentration and possible spatial correlations among these indicators. The analysis concludes with a typology of Spanish cities according to ways of access to the knowledge society.

Keywords: City; knowledge society; indicators; urban development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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