Análise integrada do sistema de capitais de Detroit : inovação e transformação de uma cidade industrial em cidade do conhecimento

Abstract

Cities are vital for progress and the quality of life of citizens, and are undergoing significant transformations from a traditional economy to a more creative, knowledge-based economy. With a focus on innovation, knowledge-based development considers the quantitative and qualitative factors that make up the Capital System, in order to keep up with the evolution of cities. This research examined the industrial city of Detroit from knowledge and innovation perspectives, with the aim of identifying factors that could drive its transformation into a knowledge city. The goal is to develop an integrated data analysis model of the Capital System to identify innovative potential and characterize the transformation journey of an industrial city into a knowledge city. The theoretical bases adopted include Knowledge-Based Development, Knowledge-Based Urban Development, the Capital System, and the Quintuple Helix innovation system. The research methodology is a mixed method, using concurrent triangulation, based on the phenomenological paradigm, with an individual case study on Detroit's urban transformation process. Data collection took place through interviews with planning and development actors, municipal government and regional chamber of commerce pronouncements, and open data, all related to the city of Detroit. NVivo and Jasp software were used for data analysis. The results indicate that the Capital System is a systematized form of organization that allows analyzing the innovation process of a city. In the case studied, it is possible to identify the relevance of the reference capitals, mainly the Identity Capital, followed by the Relational articulator Capital, for determining the evolution of the city through knowledge. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]