Coastal agglomerations and the transformation of national innovation spaces

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ID13080073
AuthorsAndrey S Mikhaylov (0000-0002-5155-2628, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume11
Issue1
Pages29-42
Publication date2019-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBaltic Region (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2310-0524 • E-ISSN: 2079-8555
PublisherImmanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (PUBLISHER • RU)
DOI10.5922/2079-8555-2019-1-3
OpenAlexW2936660267
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited11

In this article, I discuss the role of coastal agglomerations in the territorial heterogeneity of the world economy and the global innovation space. I pay particular attention to how prox­imity to the sea and ocean coasts influences the dynamics of innovation processes. I analyse coastalisation (the movement of economic activity and population to coastal zones) by con­sidering the effects and inland diffusion of the exceptionally high innovative potential of coastal agglomerations. I put forward the hypothesis that coastal agglomerations are the most important transformational elements of a national innovation system. Further, I outline and systematise findings dealing with the specifics of innovative processes taking place in coastal agglomerations under the influence of the agglomerative and coastal factors. The result of this study is a comparison and assessment of the mutual influence of the two effects of spatial development that translate into the unique identity of coastal zone cities: urbanisa­tion and coastalisation

Business · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Transformation (genetics · Urban agglomeration · Economic Zones and Regional Development · Regional Development and Policy · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

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