Knowledge cities and Smart cities

Knowledge Economy Network, Brussels Weekly Brief No. 20 May 2012 Knowledge cities and Smart cities cities have always been home of Knowledge , and in return being nurtured and protected, it helped them develop, grow and prosper. Nowadays, we talk about Knowledge , science, innovation, technology, and lately also about Smart cities . With modern focus on Knowledge -based competitiveness the terminology is often used inconsistently because the concepts have not been defined precisely and unequivocally, at least as yet. Many cities around the globe have realized that their performance does not depend just on the city s size of population, production facilities and physical infrastructure, but even more on availability and communication of Knowledge and their social and intellectual capital. Smart cities distinguish themselves from their more technology-laden counterparts, by successful application of Knowledge and technology in a consistent framework, benefiting from the growing importance of ICT, social and environmental capital, and they are becoming also an important marketing concept and instrument.

Knowledge cities and Smart cities ... scored at the Economist Intelligence Unit’s new index of city competitiveness. ... Hot spots: Benchmarking global city competitiveness Gulf State, Qatar, Transforms into Knowledge-based Society Prepared by Boris Cizelj and Bostjan Sinkovec .

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