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Benchmarking Knowledge Precincts

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Benchmarking is a powerful technique to determine the standing of a city or cluster against its competitors. The chapter places a knowledge precinct from Brisbane in a benchmarking exercise and evaluates its performance against the reputable knowledge precinct best practices from Cambridge, Barcelona , Helsinki , Eindhoven, Dublin, Sydney and Melbourne . The chapter employs a place making framework for the benchmarking exercise that is developed to be used in knowledge and innovation spaces. The findings not only provide insights for the further development of the Dutton Park Knowledge Precinct of Brisbane , but also generate overall lessons for other cities aiming to develop prosperous and sustainable knowledge precincts.

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  1. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Tan Yigitcanlar

  2. Centre for Maritime Studies, Brahea Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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Yigitcanlar, T., Inkinen, T. (2019). Benchmarking Knowledge Precincts. In: Geographies of Disruption. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03207-4_18

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