Research Areas

The aim of this project is to develop a technical report to offer advice and support to the City Council of València as they initiate the application process to declare certain areas of Valencia as urban technological enclave locations with the Regional Ministry of Industry in accordance with Law 14/2018 dated June 5 “Gestión, Modernización y Promoción de las Áreas Industriales de la Comunitat Valenciana (Management, Modernization and Promotion of Industrial Areas of the Valencian Community)” and the Decree 258/2019 of the Consell dated December 13 that regulates regional registry and procedures in relation to industrial areas of the Valencian Community.

The City Council of València intends to request that an area of València (La Marina, El Puerto, the Universitat de València, the Universitat Politécnica de València, the Harinera, the Naves and the Polígono de Vara de Quart) be classified as an urban technological enclave location.

This study will provide information to initiate the application procedure and, when needed, offer advice to the Civil Council for the preparation of additional data. In particular, it will provide detailed information demonstrating that the area requested constitutes an environment for the generation and transfer of knowledge. Indicators will be constructed from official sources and objective data to analyze the suitability of the areas initially proposed to integrate the urban technological enclave, in accordance with the regulations. The system of indicators constructed will be compiled in the form of a database. Likewise, the base information will be largely georeferenced, so that it can be representation graphically with choropleth maps.