| Abstract [eng] |
The more today's life and work is wired, the more freedom people have to choose when and from where to work. Traditional offices are no longer needed, cities and areas created during the industry age (houses, schools, shops, kindergartens built around the plant there the father works) are no longer attractive for young people who find these infrastructures obsolete and not inspiring as they lead completely different life-style the former generation did. They look both for a challenging work also inspiring and dynamic surroundings for living and going out. Cultural regions, innovation regions, cities of culture and knowledge cities, innovation corridors, "third places" - all these geographically-based concepts and phenomena show the importance of geographical proximity in the world that has declared it's virtuality. Huge amount of new geographical and urban research shows how important is the physical space in the virtual age. |
