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Untangling the Spaces of High Technology in Malaysia

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  • Nicholas A Phelps

    (Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB, England)

  • Sharifah R S Dawood

    (Geography Section, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia)

Abstract

Designated high-tech spaces such as science and high-technology parks have come to the fore as vehicles for promoting local and regional economic development in many nations. The evidence of their efficacy is mixed and reflects contradictions in the roles they are asked to perform in the service of national economic modernization. Indeed, in this respect and in many instances, their value may be largely political and rhetorical. Malaysia is a case in point and one we focus on in this paper, where we discuss the contribution of high-tech spaces—Kulim High-Tech Park, Technology Park Malaysia, BioXCell, and the multimedia supercorridor—to the political economy of economic modernization. Drawing on original interview material, we highlight the tangled intraterritorial and extraterritorial geographies in which these privileged high-tech spaces are positioned.

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  • Nicholas A Phelps & Sharifah R S Dawood, 2014. "Untangling the Spaces of High Technology in Malaysia," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 32(5), pages 896-915, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:32:y:2014:i:5:p:896-915
    DOI: 10.1068/c1272r
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