Portland, a virtuous urban and university ecosystem

Note rapide Economy, no. 653

20 May 2014ContactLaurent Perrin, Odile Soulard

Portland cultivates its difference in a wide variety of fields such as sustainable urban planning, sports industries and the outdoors. Its universities make an active contribution in this respect through their research and their real estate practices in synergy with metropolitan public transport projects. Nothing spectacular, but all achieved with exemplary intelligence and pragmatism. This Note rapide supplements the Science Cities series of case studies.

This publication is also available in French.

This study is linked to the following themes :
International | Economy


Download

Related studies

“Science Cities” : Science Campuses and Clusters in 21st Century Metropolises

Keynote

Creating science campuses that draw on an exchange of knowledge generated by different disciplines is a major focus for all cities seeking to attract innovative and creative R&D activities to their regions. These places are widely viewed as essential resources for the ...

March 2010 Odile Soulard, Laurent Perrin

Mission Bay in San Francisco, the new “digital health” hub

Note rapide Economy, no. 655

Mission Bay is the name of a major economic and urban project in downtown San Francisco. It combines the urban regeneration of extensive rail/port wasteland and the development of a biotech cluster around the new campus of the University of California in San Francisco ...

May 2014 Laurent Perrin, Odile Soulard

Global clusters and campuses: an international perspective

Note rapide Economy, no. 651

Since 2010, the IAU îdF has conducted international comparative studies into Science Cities. These practical foreign case studies are highly instructive and challenge received wisdom on the theory of clusters and the planning of campuses. The aim of this project is to gain a ...

April 2014 Odile Soulard

The ideal campus is being invented today

Note rapide Economy, #24

Digital technology has revolutionised access to knowledge, which is now widely disseminated. This could have induced a fear that the spaces known as “campuses” would become victims of planned obsolescence. However, campuses have succeeded in redefining their added value by ...

April 2019 Jessica Tessier, Odile Soulard