In the age of global knowledge economy cities and region are in a tough
competition for fostering, attracting and retaining investment and
talent. Developing strategies to help cities to initiate and complete
their knowledge economy transformation has become a hot agenda in urban
circles. In this context space and place making for such transformation
is deemed critical. In consequence knowledge-based urban development and
place making have become fundamental approaches to form prosperous
knowledge cities. This chapter provides an introduction to the part of
the book that focuses on place making for knowledge cities as critical
approaches for the knowledge-based formation of our cities and their
regions.