Sustainable Development of Technopolis: Case Study of Daedeok Science Town/Innopolis in Korea

Abstract

This chapter attempts to draw out transferable lessons for sustainable technopolis development by analyzing the Daedeok Valley (DV) in Korea, the attempt to redesign a technopolis by restructuring a pure science city (DST). This chapter would discuss the definitions and key concepts of technopolis and sustainability, and analyses the DV development progress toward sustainability through in-depth analysis of the structure, industrial activities, and network buildings. The major principles of sustainability (environment, equity, and futurity) are used as the evaluation criteria for these development trends. The results indicate that the DV development could achieve a higher level of sustainability progress in most of the evaluation criteria when compared to former model of pure science city (DST).