Building Innovative Communities: Lessons from Japan's Science City Projects

Japan's Science City projects are examined in this paper to find the extent that they promote catalytic mechanisms within their communities. It is arguable that the concept of a Science City is little more than a theme for funneling public funds into infrastructural development in support of select high-technology industries. Is this the situation in Japan? Attention focuses on cumulative causation, resource sharing and the shifting mix of private sector initiative and public policy in the evolving cases of Tsukuba and Kansai Science Cities. Regional technopolis projects are also discussed. Can we expect any of these areas to fulfill the promise, detailed in the Kansai Science City Second Stage Plan Report, of being a "pilot model city" deploying "innovative and experimental community development"?technopolis; regional planning; development; cumulative causation; catalytic mechanisms

City branding and urban tourism: a case study of Seoul and Taipei

City Branding has become a contemporary design practice of local government for promoting tourism in recent years. Its application, largely through urban tourism marketing, to the definition and communication of the characteristics of locations suggests an alternative line of inquiry beyond building criticism. In Seoul city, in order to develop new image and increase city competitiveness in the long term of tourism, city's public design has to be fostered. Meanwhile, for increasing competitiveness of Taipei's tourism have been involved policies with mega-event that may create more internationally attractive place, it is both physically and economically branding the city's image and attracting more foreign tourists. The purpose of this study is to discuss the improvement of urban tourism as means to design urban area and to strengthen competitiveness by city branding. For this, the paper investigates cases of Taiwan and Seoul of urban tourism in different contexts such as culture, mega-events and local government's design policyPeer Reviewe

Projected Images of Major Chinese Outbound Destinations

This study aimed to explore the projected images of major outbound destinations based on popular travel magazines in China. Travel articles on Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan from 2006 to 2008 were content analyzed. Japan was reported on most, and the projected images of the six destinations are dominated by leisure and recreation, and culture, history and art. Correspondence analysis was used to examine relationships between destinations and popular image attributes. The results showed that South Korea and Macau had distinct projected images, whereas Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Vietnam shared many similar image attributes. Practical implications for destination marketing organizations are provided

City branding and urban tourism: a case study of Seoul and Taipei

City Branding has become a contemporary design practice of local government for promoting tourism in recent years. Its application, largely through urban tourism marketing, to the definition and communication of the characteristics of locations suggests an alternative line of inquiry beyond building criticism. In Seoul city, in order to develop new image and increase city competitiveness in the long term of tourism, city's public design has to be fostered. Meanwhile, for increasing competitiveness of Taipei's tourism have been involved policies with mega-event that may create more internationally attractive place, it is both physically and economically branding the city's image and attracting more foreign tourists. The purpose of this study is to discuss the improvement of urban tourism as means to design urban area and to strengthen competitiveness by city branding. For this, the paper investigates cases of Taiwan and Seoul of urban tourism in different contexts such as culture, mega-events and local government's design policyPeer Reviewe

Cultural Imagination and Urban Regeneration: The Role of Heritage in the Case of Dadaocheng, Taipei, Taiwan

This research is intended to re-conceptualise the subjects of heritage and city through the lens of imagination in the context of urban regeneration. With the interlinkage between the behaviour of heritage use and the concept of cultural imagination, this research states that urban heritage is beneficial to shaping our imagination with a physical place, particularly for the building of urban imaginaries and place values. In addition, cognitive continuity between urban imaginaries of the past/present and the imagined future is central to the heritage-person-place mediation. Consequently, the functioning of cultural imagination with urban heritage is related not only to personal biography and social interactions, but also to the depths of history and the effects of political ideology. This project uses narrative inquiry and an in-depth case study, namely, the historic district of Dadaocheng in Taipei City, Taiwan, to demonstrate the complexity of sustaining the historic environment. Heritage in Dadaocheng is being used to connect historical prosperity, to advance cultural and economic vitality, and to enrich the story contexts of both urban development and individual life histories. Accordingly, urban heritage plays an important role in the interconnection between the glorious past and the future of nostalgia. Ultimately, the longing of the 1920s and 1930s in Dadaocheng is associated with a complex formation process, intertwining with the circulation of historical accounts of urban modernisation in Dadaocheng, the introduction of policies of the cultural economy in Taipei City, and the rise of Taiwanese consciousness in Taiwan. In addition, this research will suggest that the main concern in the policy implementation of heritage-led urban regeneration cannot be limited to producing a collective imagination with a unified image for urban branding, cultural tourism or the cultural economy. Rather, it is also beneficial to cultivating cultural imagination with diverse living stories for multiple approaches of place identity

Print Advertising In The Us And Hong Kong: A Comparative Analysis

Given the static condition of the global economy marketers are cutting advertising budgets commensurate with dismal sales. It is a longstanding belief that utilizing a standardized advertising approach not only controls good ideas and provides for a consistent image but it also has the benefit of controlling expenses through economies of scale. With this in mind, the purpose of the study was to determine the degree of standardization or lack thereof in advertising strategies in the cosmetics and fragrances advertising industries in the United States and Hong Kong. The findings of this study suggest that there is a high level of standardization in the advertising for perfumes because Hong Kong belonged to the British for a long time and individuals’ needs and desires for love and acceptance are the same irrespective of geography. On the other hand only a moderate form of standardization was noted in the advertising for cosmetics. This may be attributed to the fact that different beauty concepts are held among different regions. Implications of the findings are also noted.print advertising, standardization, glocalization, cosmetics and fragrance industry

Creative tourism on islands : a review of the literature

In the last two decades, creative tourism has evolved as a burgeoning field, encompassing a wide range of concepts and practices, in di_erent places around the world. From the very beginning, however, creative tourism has aimed to contribute to sustainable development and increased community wellbeing, as an alternative to mass cultural tourism. With this review article, our main objective is to identify and analyze a body of literature that specifically addresses creative tourism in islands, contributing to fill a gap in the knowledge since no reviews with this focus have yet been undertaken. Our aim is to provide a critical overview of creative tourism experiences at island destinations worldwide, addressing the plurality of empirical contexts and methodological approaches found in academic research. This review highlights the key trends in creative tourism, pointing out two distinct approaches: creative tourism in urban contexts, based on creative events, “cultural clusters” or Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs), versus community-focused small-scale tourism experiences in rural contexts. This paper also provides an opportunity to assess the evolution of sustainable creative tourism approaches in islands.CREATOUR AZORES project, funded by FEDER through the operational program AZORES 2020 and by regional funds through the Regional Directorate of Science and Technology.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

From Efficiency-driven to Innovation-driven Economic Growth: Perspectives from Singapore

The Singapore economy is going through a period of major restructuring. Economic stagnation since the 1997 Asia financial crisis (except for a brief recovery in 1999) has called into question the continued relevance of many fundamental policies that had worked well in the past. In 2002, a high-level Economic Review Committee (ERC) was convened by the government to chart new directions for the economy. A common thread that ran through the committee’s various reports was a call to enhance the economy’s innovative capacity, with the aim of making Singapore an innovation hub in the region.2 The call reflects an increased awareness both within and outside the government of the need to redefine Singapore’s comparative advantage through a new national innovation policy.