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The great urban techno shift: Are central neighbourhoods the next silicon valleys? Evidence from three Canadian metropolitan areas

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  • Chloé Duvivier
  • Mario Polèse

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A growing literature highlights the emergence of central techno neighbourhoods; however, does this mean that suburban techno districts are designed to decline? We examine the spatial dynamics (1996–2011) of computer service employment, subset of the new economy, in Canada's three largest metropolises using GIS and econometric techniques. The evidence is largely consistent with a growing weight of central neighbourhoods, especially in Montreal and Vancouver, although in all three cities, suburban techno clusters have continued to grow. The econometric results point to the higher weight of neighbourhood environment variables, including indicators of ‘coolness’, as predictors of computer service employment location. A pesar de que cada vez es más la literatura que pone de relieve el surgimiento de los vecindarios centrales tecnológicos, ¿significa esto que los distritos tecnológicos suburbanos están diseñados para el declive? Mediante el uso de SIG y técnicas econométricas se examinan las dinámicas espaciales (1996–2011) del empleo en servicios informáticos, un subconjunto de la nueva economía, en las tres metrópolis más grandes de Canadá. La evidencia está en gran medida en consonancia con la creciente importancia de los vecindarios centrales, especialmente en Montreal y Vancouver, aunque los conglomerados tecnológicos suburbanos han seguido creciendo en las tres ciudades. Los resultados econométricos apuntan a un mayor peso de las variables del entorno del vecindario, entre las que se encuentran los indicadores de ‘estar a la última’, como predictores de la ubicación del empleo en los servicios informáticos. 中心市街地の科学技術地域(central techno neighbourhoods)の出現を強調する研究論文が増えてきている。しかし、中心地の科学技術地域の出現は、郊外の科学技術地帯が低迷するように計画されていることを意味するのであろうか? 本稿では、GIS(地理情報システム)と計量経済学的手法を用いて、カナダの3大都市部における、ニューエコノミーのサブセットであるコンピューターサービスの雇用の空間ダイナミクス(1996年から2011年まで)を検討する。エビデンスは、特にモントリオールとバンクーバーでは、中心市街地の科学技術地域の増大する加重値と概ね一貫しているものの、この3つの都市部すべてにおいて、郊外の科学技術クラスタが成長を続けてきている。計量経済学的結果は、コンピューターサービスの雇用の立地の予測因子としての、「かっこよさ(coolness)」の標識などの地域環境の変数の加重値が高いことを示している。

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  • Chloé Duvivier & Mario Polèse, 2018. "The great urban techno shift: Are central neighbourhoods the next silicon valleys? Evidence from three Canadian metropolitan areas," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 97(4), pages 1083-1111, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:97:y:2018:i:4:p:1083-1111
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12284
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