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Fig. 1
Location
of
Tsukuba
Science
City.
Source
english/city/002.html
(2011.9.10)
1983. They were modeled after industrial research parks in the US and science
parks in the UK. The idea behind technopolis is to infuse rural serenity in the city,
and in turn, based on the Garden City model, inject urban activities into the
countryside, so that peripheral communities can expand their employment based
on high-technology industries.
The technopolis project is defined as a strategy to achieve two goals; knowledge
intensification and heightening of value added of industrial structure, and regional
development headed for the twenty-first century by introducing high technology
industry into culture, tradition, and nature of regional society through accom-
plishing town building which is harmonious with industry, academic center, and
community facilities (S. Yazawa
1990
). The technopolis concept is a synthesis of
three streams of thought: MITI's high-tech research strategy, Japan's regional
development programs, and Silicon Valley's process of innovation (Tatsuno
1986
)
(Fig.
2
). The first two streams provide the framework for the concept of tech-
nopolis, while Silicon Valley's process of innovation (entrepreneurialism) just
provides the inspiration and drive. MITI selected 19 technopolis zones involving
20 prefectures among 40 candidate regions (Fig.
3
).
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