Measuring the ability of innovation clustering in innovation region A case study of the of innovation region of Yazd province

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

dorsa fotouhi ¹

mojtaba rafieian ²

Reza Akbari ³

¹ Urban Planning, Faculty of Art, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran

² Department of Urban Planning,TMU

³ Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Yazd University, Yazd

https://doi.org/10.22067/erd.2025.91626.1271

Abstract

Innovation, one of the most important factors of development, has a special place in today's societies. Special science and technology zones are associated with physical buildings of high-tech activities and many relationships created in the environments with universities, research and industry. One of the important features of innovation region is creating an attractive living environment and improving the quality of life in the area. The innovation region of Yazd province has many advantages due to the defined centers. The dispersion of the centers of the region, the lack of necessary attention to the potentials and the vacuum resulting from the lack of complete clustering of the region are a major issue facing regional planning. The present study has attempted to assess the clustering capability of the centers of the innovation region of Yazd province and the degree of differentiation and commonality of these centers. The research is of an applied and descriptive-analytical type, which uses document study and field study tools to collect data about the area, and using the theme analysis method, the innovation cluster indicators were categorized, its accuracy was confirmed using the kappa coefficient, and using interviews, questionnaires, and the hierarchical clustering method to determine the possibility of clustering the product clusters of the area, and the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha. The results obtained indicate that clusters have the ability to aggregate and become innovation clusters, and this process is logical until three clusters are aggregated together, and other clusters, such as the tile and ceramic cluster, the sesame product cluster, etc., also have the ability to become innovation clusters on their own.

Keywords

Knowledge-based city-region

regional innovation

innovation cluster

Yazd

Subjects

• Regional Economics

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