%0 Journal Article
%T 22@ and the Innovation District in Barcelona and Montreal: A Process of Clustering Development between Urban Regeneration and Economic Competitiveness
%A Angelo Battaglia
%A Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
%J Urban Studies Research
%D 2011
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2011/568159
%X This paper analyzes the governance strategy of the 22@ District in Barcelona in order to assess the factors that explain its success and could support the economic reconversion of Montreal¡¯s future Innovation District (ID), as well as that of other cities. We examine the case of the 22@ District as a former industrial neighbourhood seen as a ¡°model¡± of urban regeneration and economic revitalization. Our assumption is that the world¡¯s major cities are going through a phase based on the reorganization of central urban areas. Our article evaluates the main factors of urban regeneration in the 22@¡ªdistrict of innovation and it identifies elements of best practices in terms of governance which can be constructive for the ¡°Quartier de l¡¯Innovation¡± in Montreal and similar projects of other cities. The paper highlights the role of decision makers concerning the process of governance of 22@ and its historic changes, and insists on the the role of socioeconomic actors and territorial factors that could support the level of integration and implementation of Montreal@ID. Our paper highlights the importance of the integration process based on socio-territorial innovations characterizing the Catalan context of 22@ as well as the Innovation District, something useful for other similar initiatives. 1. Introduction The primary purpose of this paper is to analyze the governance strategy of the 22@ District in Barcelona in order to assess the factors that explain its success and possibly support the economic reconversion process of Montreal¡¯s future Innovation District (ID), as well as that of other cities. Through a comparative analysis, we examine the case of the 22@ District as a former industrial neighbourhood seen as a ¡°model¡± of urban regeneration and economic revitalization. This study on territorial and socioeconomic development is based on the assumption that the world¡¯s major cities are going through a phase based on the reorganization of central urban areas. This is a process that can be explained by the polarization of advanced economic activities in the city¡¯s core following the emergence of new sectors of the post-Fordist economy [1¨C3]. This research evaluates the main factors of urban regeneration in the 22@¡ªdistrict of innovation and it identifies elements of best practices in terms of governance which can be constructive for the ¡°Quartier de l¡¯Innovation¡± in Montreal and similar projects of other cities. The first part of the analysis highlights the role of decision makers concerning the process of governance of 22@ and its historic changes. The second
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