Innovation District Planning

Tan Yigitcanlar is an eminent Australian researcher with international recognition and impact in the field of urban studies and planning. He is a Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Along with this post, he carries out the following positions: Honorary Professor at the School of Technology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil; Director of the Australia-Brazil Smart City Research and Practice Network; Lead of QUT Smart City Research Group; and Co-Director of QUT City 4.0 Lab. He is a member of the Australian Research Council College of Experts. He has been responsible for research, teaching, training and capacity building programs on the fields of urban studies and planning at esteemed Australian, Brazilian, Finnish, Japanese and Turkish universities. His research aims to address contemporary urban planning and development challenges that are economic, societal, spatial, governance or technology related in nature. The main foci of his research interests, within the broad field of urban studies and planning, are clustered around the following three interdisciplinary themes: smart technologies, communities, cities and urbanism; sustainable and resilient cities, communities and urban ecosystems; and knowledge-based development of cities and innovation districts. He has been providing research consultancy services to all tier governments (i.e., federal, state, local), as well as international corporations and non-governmental organisations in Australia and overseas. These services help government and industry form their key strategies, become more resilient and be better prepared for emerging disruptive conditions. He has disseminated his research findings extensively, including over 300 articles published in high-impact journals and 25 key reference books published by esteemed international publishing houses. His research outputs have been widely cited and have influenced urban policy, practice and research internationally. His research was cited over 21,000 times, resulting in an h-index of over 85 (Google Scholar). According to the 2023 Science-wide Author Databases of Standardised Citation Indicators, amongst the urban and regional planning scholars, he is ranked #1 in Australia and a top-10 ranked researcher worldwide. He was also recognised as an Australian Research Superstar in the Social Sciences Category at The Australian’s 2020 Research Special Report, and he was named as the Australia’s Social Sciences ‘Research Field Leader’ for the Urban Studies and Planning discipline in the 2024 edition of The Australian Research Magazine.Surabhi Pancholi is a researcher with international recognition and impact in the field of architecture, urban design and urban planning, particularly specialised in place making. She is currently a Lecturer of Architecture at the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. As a firm believer in collaboration and interdisciplinary approach, her research works have gained international recognition on the topics of multidimensional place making, design principles, strategies and planning processes of urban knowledge and innovation clusters named variously as smart cities, knowledge cities, smart innovation districts, technology hubs, creative precincts and the like. She has a successful record of extensively publishing in high-ranked and esteemed international journals in the field of urban design and urban planning. She has developed a strong network at local and international levels by her collaborative projects and joint research publications, frequently presenting at international conferences and seminars. In her professional roles, as an architect and urban planner, she has worked on a range of prestigious commercial, residential, institutional and government projects nationally and internationally. She advocates the adoption of a multidisciplinary perspective and an integrated approach for making cities and clusters more people-oriented, economy-wise, environmentally sustainable and societally integrated.Niusha Esmaeilpoorarabi is an Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Tehran, Iran. She earned a PhD at Queensland University of Technology and her master’s and bachelor’s degrees at the University of Tehran, specialising in architectural design and urban studies. Niusha’s research aims to address interdisciplinary themes from architecture, urban studies and social sciences fields. The main focus of her research includes knowledge-based development of cities, neighbourhoods and in particular innovation districts; her research also supports the sustainable growth of neighbourhoods and communities. Her works have been published in high-ranked journals and received attention from the industry. Since 2019, she has been collaborating with several organisations, including the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran Association of Science Parks and Innovation Organisations, to deliver workshops and training events promoting place making and community engagement in innovation districts. Additionally, she has been involved in a wide range of national and international projects in industry, from the planning process to designing phases. This also includes multiscale developments from housing projects to public urban spaces.Rosemary Adu-McVie is a researcher with international recognition in the field of urban planning, specialising in the classification of innovation districts. She is currently a Lecturer of Property Studies at the Department of Survey and Lands, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. She is a practitioner-turn-academic with about two decades of industrial experience in the fields of property management and urban valuations. Her research works focus on innovation districts and the like, covering the topics of the evolution of innovation districts, multidimensional classification of innovation districts, performance assessment of innovation districts and innovation district typology. She has successfully published in high-ranked and esteemed international journals in the field of urban planning and built environment. She has developed a strong network at local and international levels through her collaborative projects and research publications.

"This book on innovation district planning is a must needed ‘how to’ companion for the expanding drive to construct hard and soft urban infrastructures that attract, maintain, and support the rise of creative smart people and firms, and building tomorrow’s economy."—Edward J. Blakely, University of California Berkeley, USA"This timely book provides insights into different aspects of innovation districts, particularly the critical importance of collaborative relationships in the design and operation of innovation districts. The book focuses on the critical role that innovation districts can play in helping urban city-regions become dynamic innovation ecosystems."—David Wolfe, University of Toronto, Canada"This book focuses on development of innovation districts from its origin as science and technology parks to its present form that integrates business climate with people climate, important for attracting and retaining talents and investments. It deals with this development in a convincing way and is a must read for academics, planners, and practitioners."—Bjørn T. Asheim, University of Stavanger, Norway"Innovation—so much desired by urban policymakers and built environment practitioners, but so very hard to foster in many cities. This book fills a large gap that has existed in the literature on how exactly to go about designing innovation into cities. It brings interdisciplinary insights and a wealth of case studies to bear on the challenge of placemaking for urban economic innovation."—Nicholas Phelps, University of Melbourne, Australia"The rise of innovation districts and the knowledge economy are reshaping the future of our cities, and this groundbreaking work provides critical insights about the geography of innovation and the development of place."—Matt Collins, CEO, Planning Institute of Australia"Innovation districts can be a powerful tool for cities to achieve knowledge-based development. To succeed, we need to understand thoroughly the various types of innovation districts and how they fit different contexts. This book provides the reader with valuable conceptual and practical tools to support planning successful innovation districts."—Antti Lonnqvist, Tampere University, Finland"This book injects innovation district planning into placemaking to explore and advance new understanding and approaches. It integrates strong theoretical debates and empirical analysis into forging novel frameworks for best practices. It stands out for its usefulness and useability for scholars, students, and practitioners in pursuit of new urban planning."—Richard Hu, University of Canberra, Australia

• Part 1: Innovation District. 1. Place Branding and Innovation Districts. 2. Public Space Design and Innovation Districts. Part 2: Place Making. 3. Place-Making Attributes of Innovation Districts. 4. Societal Integration of Innovation Districts. Part 3: Place Quality. 5. Place Quality in Innovation Districts. 6. Place Quality Assessment of Innovation Districts. 7. Place Quality Attributes of Innovation Districts. 8. Community Engagement with Innovation Districts. Part 4: District Classification. 9. Innovation District Taxonomy. 10. Innovation District Classification. 11. Innovation District Typologies. Part 5: District Smartness. 12. University and Innovation District Symbiosis. 13. Smart Campus as an Innovation District.