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There are a number of cities so far has achieved a globally recognised prosperous knowledge-based urban development . This chapter presents some of the leading examples of global knowledge city best practice . These examples include Barcelona , Austin , Singapore and Melbourne . The chapter provides a detailed analysis on these prominent knowledge cities and generates useful insights for other cities targeting such a successful knowledge-based urban development practice to turn their cities into knowledge -based ones. Brisbane city from Australia is used as an example of one of these aspiring cities. The chapter concludes with a commentary on how the lessons captured from global best practices could be useful for this particular city .

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  1. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Tan Yigitcanlar

  2. Centre for Maritime Studies, Brahea Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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Yigitcanlar, T., Inkinen, T. (2019). Global Knowledge City Best Practice. In: Geographies of Disruption. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03207-4_11

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