The Development and Planning of Innovation Space and the Sustainability of Land Use

Dear Colleagues,

With the rapid development of the knowledge economy and the accelerated restructuring of the global industrial chain, innovation has become an important driving force for sustainable development of cities and regions. The agglomeration of knowledge-based economic activities in certain areas has formed different types of innovation space, such as business incubators and accelerators, innovation districts, high-tech industrial parks and innovation corridors. These types of innovation space have not only functioned as physical carriers for knowledge-based activities but have also changed land use patterns at different geographical scales. For instance, the development of innovation districts usually requires a relevant higher degree of land use mix, which has been found to be conducive to providing more face-to-face communications and thus facilitating the process of innovation. However, while both scholars and policymakers have attached great importance to the rise of innovation space within cities and regions, there still remains much to be explored concerning the relationship between innovation-driven development and sustainable land use in different contexts. In the context of innovation-driven development, the development and planning of innovation space has been a complicated process, which requires new ideas, insights and approaches to respond to the complexity and uncertainty of innovation activities.

It is therefore essential to obtain a better understanding of the development and planning of innovation space to ensure sustainable land use from both morphological and functional perspectives. The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) that provide insights into the development and planning of innovation space at different geographical scales. This Special Issue will welcome but is not limited to manuscripts that link the following themes:

• Land use characteristics of urban innovation space, such as land use patterns and land use mix;
• The relationship between innovation and land use efficiency;
• Identification of innovation space at different geographical scales;
• The evolving distribution patterns of innovation activities at different geographical scales;
• Urban regeneration and innovation space;
• International comparative analyses of innovation districts;
• The coordination between innovation space and other types of space within cities;
• The development and planning of innovation corridors;
• Policies to promote the sustainable development of innovation space.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Prof. Dr. Yingcheng Li
Dr. Mengqiu Cao
Dr. Kai Zhu
Guest Editors

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• land use mix
• land use pattern
• land use efficiency
• innovation activity
• innovation district
• innovation corridor
• knowledge economy
• spatial planning
• sustainability
• talent