Six years of UNESCO-World Technopolis Association workshops, held at various
world cities and attended by government officials and scholars from nearly all
the world s countries, have resulted in a uniquely complete collection of
reports on science park and science city projects in most of those countries.
These reports, of which a selected few form chapters in this book, allow readers
to compare knowledge-based development strategies, practices, and successes
across countries. The chapters illustrate varying levels of cooperation across
government, industry, and academic sectors in the respective projects and the
reasons and philosophies underlying this variation - and resulting differences
in practices and results.