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This collection of 16 articles covers the theories, themes and country-specific issues about building cities for the information age. Contributors from a variety of disciplines and specialties cover the process of building an urban knowledge-based environment, academic work in building and understanding of knowledge-based urban environment, the position of lower-tier cities in the development of a knowledge economy, strategies including models of planning practices and logical development from university towns to knowledge cities. Contributors provide a diverse range of case studies from Singapore, Queensland, Barcelona, the Republic of Korea, Sydney, Portugal, Delft, and the Middle East. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)