STP630: Cities and Innovation

Presents new thinking on how cities are performing in the global economy; examines policies to improve the innovative capacity of regions, cities and companies; explores the impact of intensified economic competition on ordinary citizens. Topics: cities in the global knowledge economy, national and regional systems of innovation; 'place marketing' and competition between cities; social capital and social exclusion; inequalities between and within cities; creativity and culture in city revitalisation; economic development and environmental sustainability; local and community economic development.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Seminars: 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in Honours or Postgraduate-level courses. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Sustainability
Unit Coordinator	Mr Allan Johnstone Position: Lecturer E-mail: A.Johnstone@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 3.020 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6278
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Contact the Unit Coordinator MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)