Urbanizing Innovation: the role of innovation space in the making of cities

 As Strategic Planning and Urbanism mainly discuss the subjects concerning the evolution of cities, it is very important to point out the factors that trigger evolution and urban growth, not only the economical but also the social ones. This study is mainly concerned on the way economical and urban growth is linked with the innovation sector. The present study is an attempt to analyze the special social or economical factors that make an environment appropriate for knowledge transfer and to discuss the role of innovation in what concerns future urbanization of places and economical evolution of cities. Furthermore it is a discussion on the issue of factors positively affecting technological innovation as well as on the importance of science parks linked with a university, all in an urbanized context.