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Hightech-Regionen: Silicon Valley & Beyond

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Der Wandel von der Industrie- zur Wissensgesellschaft wirkt sich auch auf die wirtschaftlichen Strukturen und Spezialisierungen der US-amerikanischen Städte und Regionen aus. Gehörten Ende des 19. und Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts beispielsweise Detroit und Cleveland aufgrund der zu dieser Zeit prosperierenden Industrien wie etwa der Automobil- und der Stahlindustrie zu den wirtschaftlichen Zentren der USA, so sind es heute jene Regionen, die durch wissensintensive Branchen wie z. B. der Computer- und Elektronikindustrie geprägt sind. Zu nennen ist insbesondere das kalifornische Silicon Valley, ein Tal, das sich von San Francisco südöstlich Richtung Palo Alto sowie San José erstreckt. Silicon Valley gilt als Paradebeispiel eines Hightech-Clusters, der für die räumliche Konzentration von Firmen, Universitäten, Risikokapitalgebern etc. bekannt ist. Es gibt aber auch etliche andere US-amerikanische Städte und Regionen, die ebenfalls den Wandel von der Industrie- zur Wissensgesellschaft vollzogen haben und sich erfolgreich als Hightech-Regionen etablieren konnten. Trotz etlicher wirtschaftlicher Krisen in den vergangenen zwölf bis 15 Jahren stehen diese Hightech-Cluster immer noch für unternehmerische Dynamik und Innovation.

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Silicon Valley, California (Foto: U. Gerhard 2013)

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Mayer, H. (2017). Hightech-Regionen: Silicon Valley & Beyond. In: Gamerith, W., Gerhard, U. (eds) Kulturgeographie der USA . Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48238-4_27

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