The Effects of the University Science Park on Urban Development in China

Abstract:

Over the past two decades, a surprising number of University Science Parks have emerged and developed in China. The reason for the phenomenon is that the reinforcement of strategies to establish University-Industry relationship is regarded as a crucial development policy to help China overtake the west (Wu, 2007). Under the rapid growth, the University Science Park (USP) is involved in a series of changes of urban areas[1] .As the USP develops faster, those effects will become more and more notable. Only if comprehensive evaluation of the effects is realized, could the USP be more beneficial to urban development. Then, with supporting data from the Hsinchu University Science Park, the economic, cultural, and environmental effects of the University Science Park on urban area will be explained in section 3.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 689)
• Pages: 417-421
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.689.417
• Online since: May 2013
• Authors: Jun Jie Zhang, Heng Li
• Keywords: Cultural, Economy, Environmental

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