science parks

Research company clusters

Science parks are planned developments where research institutions, technology companies, and startups cluster together, typically near universities.

The proximity encourages collaboration between academic researchers and commercial enterprises: The biotech firm relocated to the science park to be closer to the university's labs.

Also called research parks or technology parks.

Opposites
knowledge intensity and purpose

science parksindustrial estates

Designated commercial property zones

assembly plants · sweatshops · smokestack industries · distribution centers

economic development model

science parksagricultural land

Ground used for farming

farmland · fishing ports · rust belt · cottage industries

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G