Perspectives on Ottawa's High-tech Sector

Canada's capital Ottawa is earning a reputation as a global technology centre that offers a dynamic mix of economic, cultural, educational and recreational opportunities. It is an advanced technology centre, particularly known for its research and development in the fields of telecommunications, technology services, software development, defence and security, microelectronics/wireless and photonics. Readers can see innovation and the elements of the New Economy revealed by the different authors detailing different accounts and analyses of the Ottawa area. The book is organised into four themes: 1. Ottawa: A Knowledge City?, 2. Planning the Cluster: By Decision, By Design or By Destiny?, 3. 'Growing' the Cluster: Idea Farming and Innovation Strategies for Economic Development, and 4. The Unique Ottawa Cluster: Regional, Bilingual and Cosmopolitan.

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The Editors: Nick Novakowski, MCIP, is an urban geographer and urban planner at Grenfell College, Memorial University of Newfoundland. His research interests include knowledge cities, Chinese urbanisation, and environmental planning. His consulting specialty involves Chinese urban development. Since June 2005, Rémy Tremblay has been a professor at Téléuniversité (UQAM s distance learning university). He holds currently a Canada Research Chair on Knowledge Cities and is director of the Équipe de recherche sur les villes du savoir (ERVS-research team on knowledge cities), a laboratory funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). He is also co-editor (in French) of the Canadian Journal of Regional Science.

Klappentext

Canadäs capital Ottawa is earning a reputation as a global technology centre that offers a dynamic mix of economic, cultural, educational and recreational opportunities. It is an advanced technology centre, particularly known for its research and development in the fields of telecommunications, technology services, software development, defence and security, microelectronics/wireless and photonics. Readers can see innovation and the elements of the New Economy revealed by the different authors detailing different accounts and analyses of the Ottawa area. The book is organised into four themes: 1. Ottawa: A Knowledge City?, 2. Planning the Cluster: By Decision, By Design or By Destiny?, 3. Growing the Cluster: Idea Farming and Innovation Strategies for Economic Development, and 4. The Unique Ottawa Cluster: Regional, Bilingual and Cosmopolitan.

Inhalt

Contents: Nick Novakowski/Rémy Tremblay: Preface Nick Novakowski: Perspectives on Ottawäs High-tech Sector. Ottawa in the Age of the New Economy Nick Novakowski/Rémy Tremblay: Ottawa - Canadäs Capital. The Emergent Knowledge City Rémy Tremblay: Ottawa - North American Technopole. Fact or Fiction? Barry Wellar/Nick Novakowski: Local Governments Record of Assessing the Impacts of the High-tech Industry on Ottawäs Land Use-Transportation Relationship. 1970s-2005 David Gordon/Betsy Donald/John Kozuskanich: Unanticipated Benefits. The Role of Planning in the Development of the Ottawa Region Technology Industries Edward T. Jackson/Rahil Khan: Steering on Black Ice. The Continuing Search for Sustainable Livelihoods in the Ottawa Tech Sector David Large: The Renaissance of Ottawäs ICT Community Through Joint Initiatives Christopher Wilson: Total Creative Revolution. Innovation and Governance at KAO Infosystems Canada Desmond Beckstead/W. Mark Brown: Comparing Science and Engineering Employment in Canadian and US Cities Joseph Leibovitz: Reflexive Governance and City-Region Economic Change. Between Reflexivity and State Selectivity in the Governance of Ottawäs Economic Transition Guy Chiasson: A Cross-Border High-tech Cluster. A View From Gatineau Amelia Brown: Immigrants in Ottawäs Information Technology Sector. A Profile.