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Biotechnology and knowledge-based urban development in DNA Valley

Biotechnology and knowledge-based urban development in DNA Valley

Edmund J. Zolnik
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781599047201|ISBN10: 1599047209|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616927028|EISBN13: 9781599047225
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-720-1.ch010
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Zolnik, Edmund J. "Biotechnology and knowledge-based urban development in DNA Valley." Knowledge-Based Urban Development: Planning and Applications in the Information Era, edited by Tan Yigitcanlar, et al., IGI Global, 2008, pp. 171-183. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-720-1.ch010

APA

Zolnik, E. J. (2008). Biotechnology and knowledge-based urban development in DNA Valley. In T. Yigitcanlar, K. Velibeyoglu, & S. Baum (Eds.), Knowledge-Based Urban Development: Planning and Applications in the Information Era (pp. 171-183). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-720-1.ch010

Chicago

Zolnik, Edmund J. "Biotechnology and knowledge-based urban development in DNA Valley." In Knowledge-Based Urban Development: Planning and Applications in the Information Era, edited by Tan Yigitcanlar, Koray Velibeyoglu, and Scott Baum, 171-183. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-720-1.ch010

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Abstract

The internationalization of Big Science programs such as the Human Genome Project to map the human genome heralds the arrival of a new model for knowledge-based urban development driven by scientific advancements in biotechnology. Indeed, the biotechnology industry is a potent engine for knowledge-based urban development around the globe. While the most famous example of biotechnology-driven knowledge-based urban development is Biopolis in Singapore, the National Capitol region of the United States is home to an emerging biotechnopole known as DNA Valley. Using a case study approach to compare and contrast DNA Valley with past examples of knowledge-based urban development in the United States, this chapter highlights the challenges for sustainable knowledge-based urban development in the global biotechnology industry and the practical steps public and private stakeholders can adopt to sustain knowledge-based urban development based on biotechnology.

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