Knowledge infrastructure:Managing the assets of creative urban regions

Urban infrastructure along the hardforms such as roads, electricity, water and sewers also includes the soft forms such as research. training, innovation and technology. Knowledge and creativity are keys to soft infrastructure and socioeconomic development. Many city administrations around the world adjust their endogenous development strategies increasingly by investing in soft iflfrastructure and aiming for a knowledge-based development. At this point, the mapping and management of knowledge assets of cities has become a critical issue for promoting creative urban regions. The chapter scrutinizes the relations between knowledge assets and urban infrastructures and examines the management models to improve soft iflfrastructure provision.