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Information Technology Landscape in Nations

Emerging Parks: Dazzled by the success of technology parks around the world in attracting an affluent and educated population, more and more communities are establishing technology parks.  Many areas are counting on technology parks to serve as agents for economic development and revitalization, viewing them as a quick way to increase jobs and tax revenues with minimal environmental impact.

The following is but a partial list of communities who currently have technology parks in the planning or initial construction stages:

U.S.

• Williamson County Technology and Research Park (Williamson County, Tennessee)
• Chicopee River Technology Park (Chicopee and Springfield, Massachusetts)
• Wayne State University Research and Technology Park (Detroit, Michigan)
• Research and Technology Park (cooperation with North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota)
• Agriculture and Food Technology Park (cooperation with Cornell University, Geneva, New York)
• U.S. Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park (cooperation with University of the Virgin Islands, island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands)

Europe

• Kerry Technology Park (Kerry and Tralee, Ireland)
• Krakow Technology Park (Krakow, Poland)

Middle East

• Mat'am Center for Advanced Technology (cooperation with Hebrew University)
• Industry and Information Technology Park Development (Irbid, Jordan)

Asia and the Pacific

• Tsinghua Science & Technology Park (cooperation with Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
• Software Technology Park (Islamabad, Pakistan)
• Cyber-Media Park for e-Gravity (CMPEG) (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
• Selangor Science Park 1 (Selangor, Malaysia)
• Comtechport (Melbourne, Australia)

Central America, Caribbean and South America

• Guadelajara Technology Park (Guadelajara, Mexico)
• Cyber Park (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
• Science & Technology Park (Trinidad & Tobago)

Africa

• Cyber cities (Mauritius)