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Revisiting the 'Informational City': Space of Flows, Polycentricity and the Geography of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in the Emerging Global City-Region of Dublin

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  • Martin Sokol
  • Chris Van Egeraat
  • Brendan Williams

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Sokol M., Van Egeraat C. and Williams B. Revisiting the 'informational city': space of flows, polycentricity and the geography of knowledge-intensive business services in the emerging global city-region of Dublin, Regional Studies. The paper engages with the notion that the new spatial logic, underpinned by information and communication technology (ICT) and the 'space of flows', manifests itself in the form of 'informational cities' described as multinuclear spatial structures or polycentric city-regions in the knowledge-based economy. Focusing on the geography of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS), the paper argues that there is little evidence of such polycentric pattern emerging within the Greater Dublin Region, Ireland. The exploration of factors underpinning weak decentralization tendencies of KIBS opens for reconsideration the concept of the 'informational city'. [image omitted] Sokol M., Van Egeraat C. et Williams B. Revisiter la cite de l'information: espace de flux, polycentricite et geographie des secteurs a haute densite intellectuelle aux entreprises bases sur la connaissance dans la nouvelle ville-region de Dublin, Regional Studies. Cet article s'interesse au fait que la nouvelle logique spatiale, sous-tendue par les technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC) et les espaces de flux se manifeste sous la forme de cites de l'information decrites comme des structures spatiales a noyaux multiples ou de villes-regions polycentriques dans l'economie de la connaissance. S'appuyant essentiellement sur la geographie des secteurs a haute densite intellectuelle (KIBS), les auteurs font valoir qu'il y a peu de preuves de l'emergEnce de tels modeles polycentriques au sein du grand Dublin. L'analyse de facteurs confirmant de faibles tendances a la decentralisation des KIBS invite a reconsiderer le concept de cite de l'information. Secteurs a haute densite intellectuelle Polycentricite Ville-region Dublin Sokol M., Van Egeraat C. und Williams B. Neubewertung der 'Informationsstadt': Raum der Strome, Polyzentrizitat und die Geografie von wissensintensiven Geschaftsdiensten in der entstehenden globalen Stadtregion von Dublin, Regional Studies. In diesem Beitrag befassen wir uns mit der Vorstellung, dass sich die neue raumliche Logik dank der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie und des 'Raums der Strome' in Form von 'Informationsstadten' manifestiert, die als multinukleare Raumstrukturen oder polyzentrische Stadtregionen in der wissensbasierten Wirtschaft beschrieben werden. Wir konzentrieren uns auf die Geografie von wissensintensiven Geschaftsdiensten und argumentieren, dass innerhalb der Grossregion Dublin nur wenige Anzeichen fur das Entstehen solcher polyzentrischer Muster vorliegen. Die Untersuchung von Faktoren, die schwachen Dezentralisierungstendenzen von wissensintensiven Geschaftsdiensten zugrundeliegen, fuhrt zu einer Neubewertung des Konzepts der 'Informationsstadt'. Wissensintensive Geschaftsdienste Polyzentrizitat Stadtregion Dublin Sokol M., Van Egeraat C. y Williams B. Revision de la 'Ciudad Informativa': espacio de flujos, policentralidad y la geografia de los servicios comerciales con alto nivel de conocimientos en el area emergente y global de la region metropolitana de Dublin, Regional Studies. Este ensayo trata sobre la nocion de que la nueva logica espacial, respaldada por las tecnologias de la informacion y la comunicacion (TIC) y el 'espacio de flujos', se manifiesta en forma de 'ciudades informativas' descritas como estructuras multinucleares espaciales o regiones metropolitanas policentricas en la economia basada en el conocimiento. Centrandonos en la geografia de servicios comerciales con alto nivel de conocimientos, en este articulo sostenemos que existen pocas evidencias de este modelo policentrico en la region metropolitana de Dublin. El analisis de los factores detras de las tendencias debiles de descentralizacion de los servicios comerciales con alto nivel de conocimientos nos lleva a reconsiderar el concepto de la 'ciudad informativa'. Servicios comerciales con alto nivel de conocimientos Policentralidad Region metropolitana Dublin

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  • Martin Sokol & Chris Van Egeraat & Brendan Williams, 2008. "Revisiting the 'Informational City': Space of Flows, Polycentricity and the Geography of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in the Emerging Global City-Region of Dublin," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(8), pages 1133-1146.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:42:y:2008:i:8:p:1133-1146
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400801932284
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