Geenhuizen, Marina van; Nijkamp, Peter - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 1997
In the past decades, the economic base of cities in advanced economies has shifted to a dominance of knowledge …-based activities. Therefore, knowledge needs to be treated in urban policy as an important source of economic power and welfare. It is … noteworthy that despite its importance, the urban knowledge capacity has seldom been investigated in an integrative way …