Technology and Regional Development Policy: A Review of Japan's Technopolis Programme

MASSER I. (1990) Technology and regional development policy: a review of Japan's technopolis programme, Reg. Studies 24, 41–53. The main features of Japan's technopolis programme are described and the setting in which these have been developed is considered with reference to regional development strategies and technology policies. The experience of one of the more successful technopolis sites, Shinanogawa/Nagaoka, is examined in some detail and evaluated in relation to some of the key conceptual and operational issues involved. MASSER I. (1990) Technologie et politique d'amenagement du territoire: compte-rendu du programme de technopoles au Japon, Reg. Studies 24, 41–53. On esquisse les principales caraceristiques du programme de technopoles au Japon et on considere le contexte dans lequel elles ont ete developpees en se referant aux strategies d'amenagement du territoire et aux politiques concernant la technologie. On examine dans le detail l'experience de l'une des technopoles les plus reussies, a savoi...