Growth Beacons: How Urban Innovation Districts Can Create and Spread Prosperity 5 Introducing Innovation Districts A Brief History of Innovation Districts However, the greater prominence of Innovation st Over the last 30 years, many cities around the Districts today reflects the nature of the 21 world have tried to create dynamic Innovation century innovation-based economy, which has Districts to. [...] Innovation activity – and high productivity firms – tend to be The UK does well in research, science quality in concentrated in the south-east, which has also many frontier fields, and universities - with dominated in terms of both infrastructure typically four in the top ten of the annual QS investment and public R&D funding.15 Few Ranking, and is developing a vibrant ecosystem districts have ver. [...] more - how firms and researchers in cities connect to and collaborate with their equivalents in districts and further afield.25 Growth Beacons: How Urban Innovation Districts Can Create and Spread Prosperity 13 Inclusive Innovation Innovation drives economic growth – and improvements in everything from health to the Working groups can also bring together partners environment. [...] In the past, less attention Procurement Empowerment Centre provides was paid to issues of inclusivity and equity in advice and training to public anchor institutions relation to innovation districts as cities focused to overcome challenges in procurement on generating growth as an antidote to innovation – acknowledging the innovation this unemployment and urban decay. [...] Development corporations exist all over the world and they played important roles in the UK, from the New Town Development Corporations in the 1940s to the Urban Development Corporations in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Table of Contents
- Executive Summary 2
- Policy Steers 2
- Explore stronger vehicles to grow districts. 2
- Link districts into jobs and skills strategies. 2
- Collaborate with developers to provide infrastructure for innovation. 2
- Connect regional and innovation strategy. 2
- Create ministerially chaired forums to unblock barriers to growth. 2
- Provide districts and authorities with data. 2
- Explore tax options to capture land value and re-invest locally. 2
- Table of Contents 3
- Executive Summary 2 3
- Introduction 4 3
- Introducing Innovation Districts 6 3
- Innovation Districts in the UK 9 3
- What Makes Innovation Districts Work 12 3
- Inclusive Innovation 14 3
- Policy Steers and Recommendations 18 3
- References 21 3
- Introduction 4
- Introducing Innovation Districts 6
- A Brief History of Innovation Districts 6
- Proximity Matters 6
- Success Stories 7
- Building on Strengths 7
- Innovation Districts in the UK 9
- Challenges for the UK 10
- Inclusive Innovation 14
- Inclusive Innovation Policy Options Menu 17
- Policy Area Example 17
- Policy Recommendations for Local Authorities 18
- Explore options for building stronger vehicles to grow districts. 18
- Link districts into strategies for future jobs and skills. 18
- Collaborate with developers to provide infrastructure for innovation. 19
- Curate communities of practice to promote innovation adoption in the community. 19
- Prioritise affordable housing for innovation workers. 19
- Policy Recommendations for National Governments 19
- Connect regional and innovation strategy. 19
- Create ministerially chaired forums to unblock barriers to growth 19
- Provide districts and Local Authorities with forecasting data and analysis so they can 20
- Explore tax options to better capture land value and re-invest proceeds in the local 20
- Make it a national policy priority to ensure all young people have experience of science 20
