SEA   1917 3من اصل3

(SOCIETY OF EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTS)CITY SOUL
A city that searches for the creation of value in all its areas and develops high standards
of life, cultural support and economic development, among other aspects including
higher level of income, education, training and research, at the same time it is a
regional knowledge economy driven city with high value added exports created through
research, technology and brainpower and purposefully designed to encourage the
nurturing of knowledge.
A Knowledge City is the term used to describe a Knowledge-Based Development
strategy that has as target to enhance and continuously support the knowledge
management process es that take place in an urban area.This is achieved through the
continuous interactions of knowledge agents (universities, research institutes,
companies, citizens, etc.) among them as well as with the knowledge agents of other
cities, so as knowl edge continuously flows.
Nowadays, knowledge is considered as one of the most valuable assets of an enterprise
which has to be managed efficiently and effectively in order to gain a competitive
advantage in the knowledge economy era.
Knowledge Management (KM) evolved into a strategic management approach, finding
application not only in the business world but also in other areas such as education,
government and healthcare.
In this way, the new link between KM and KBD created the appropriate environment for
the advent of a new concept in the scientific and practitioners’communities, the concept
of “Knowledge City” (KC). Nowadays, the theme of KCs is a ‘hot’ topic of interest and
discussion.
The process for developing a KC is neither quick nor simple. This seems to be already
understood by the research community, which the last few years have begun to
concentrate its efforts so as to develop appropriate frameworks, methodologies, tools,
systems, etc. so as to support the development of KCs. Knowledge Cities are intended
for their Smart Residents.