Humanity-oriented place making in S&T innovation districts: International best practices and the implications
Received date: 2017-10-18
Request revised date: 2018-01-27
Online published: 2018-04-20
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Of the urban economy and city competitiveness, innovation districts have increasingly become the most important component, particularly in the current era when science and technology (S&T) are emerging as the dominant and even decisive factors in driving the innovative economic development and urban vitality. Therefore, this paper tries to identify the common elements, benchmark and principles for the effective place making of S&T innovation districts, through the systematic review of the three international innovation districts, i.e., 22@Barcelona in Europe, Boston Innovation District in North America and One North Innovation District in Asia. The three best practices above prove that the humanity-oriented place making has become a major trend in successful S&T innovation district development, with the essence to meet various kinds of human needs to a maximized extent in terms of their life stages and hierarchy of needs, as well as by integrating the selected key elements to further give full play to their functional mechanism. The comparative study of the three best practices concludes that seven key elements, i.e., creative talent, enterprise cluster, enabling infrastructure, supportive financing, operational management, spatial structure and cultural ambience, should be identified and deemed as a whole system for making and promoting a well-performed S&T innovation district. Aligned with the analysis, the paper puts forward some implications to high-quality development of China's S&T innovation districts in the following five aspects: (1) vision-based sustained nurturing; (2) forward-looking positioning; (3) humanity-oriented spatial arrangement; (4) innovation-inspired activities programming; (5) multi-stakeholder participation. Lastly, the paper proposes that the systematic research should be conducted in the four aspects, i.e., how to identify the human needs in holistic way by their development stages; how to effectively integrate culture into place feeling and experience; how to construct a multi-dimensional habitat environment; how to brand the uniqueness and specificity of various types of innovation districts, in an aim to form an integrated theory on humanity-oriented place making.
LIN Jing , CAI Jianming , Douglas WEBSTER , Larissa MULLER . Humanity-oriented place making in S&T innovation districts: International best practices and the implications[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 2018 , 37(4) : 834 -846 . DOI: 10.11821/dlyj201804016
Fig. 1 Integration of culture's three functions: Accommodator, connector and accelerator图1 文化“三位一体”功能示意图 |
Fig. 2 22@Barcelona图2 22@巴塞罗那 |
Fig. 3 Boston innovation district图3 波士顿创新区 |
Fig. 4 Seaport square in Boston innovation district图4 波士顿创新区海港广场 |
Fig. 5 One North innovation district图5 北壹创新区:生物城、启汇城、媒体城 |
Fig. 6 High accessibility between buildings in One North图6 北壹创新区楼宇之间的高度连通性 |
Tab. 1 Comparison of the three successful S&T innovation districts by elements表1 三大科技型创新区得以成功的分要素比较 |
| 要素 | 22@巴塞罗那 | 波士顿创新区 | 北壹创新区 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 创意人才 | 过半员工拥有高学历 | 从艺术家、媒体人才转型为科技型人才 | 位于新加坡高校集群区域 |
| 企业集群 | ICT、媒体、医药技术、能源和设计 | 生物技术、清洁能源、初创企业 | 生物科技、ICT、媒体、工程 |
| 能动设施 | Wifi全覆盖、步行道和自行车道、餐厅 | 多模式换乘交通体系 | 绿色中央廊道;共享实验室、教室、演讲厅等 |
| 资金保障 | 政府主导型投资 | 私人主导型投资 | 政府完全主导型 |
| 运营管理 | 政府公司引导下的多利益群体参与 | 政府部门领导下的多利益群体参与 | 政府多部门协调与参与 |
| 空间结构 | 大量第三空间、公园、绿色步道系统 | 20%用于共享创新空间 | 清晰的功能分区;楼宇内部及楼宇之间的高度连通性 |
| 文化氛围 | 社交会员制和各种文化活动 | 演艺中心、画廊空间、公共图书馆 | 酒吧、俱乐部、咖啡厅、各种文化活动 |
Fig. 7 Element system and functional mechanism for S&T innovation districts图7 科技型创新区要素体系及其作用机制 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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