Editing Science park (section)

{{short description|Area designed to promote science or technology business development}}

[[File:20200517 Ideon i Lund 004 (49911742618).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Ideon Science Park|Ideon]], the largest science park in [[Sweden]]]]
[[File:Cambridge Science Park Napp fountain.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Cambridge Science Park]] in England]]
[[File:新竹生物醫學園區環境一.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park]] in [[Taiwan]]]]
[[File:Technology Centre Teknia Ltd Microteknia area.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Technology Centre Teknia (Kuopio Science Park)|Kuopio Science Park]] in [[Finland]]]]
[[File:Science technology parc Nis.IMG 4975.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Science and technology park in [[Niš]], Serbia]]
[[File:Congress_Center_of_Taguspark_03.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Congress center at [[Taguspark]] - Science and Technology Park, [[Lisbon Region]], Portugal]]

A '''science park''' (also called a "university '''research park'''", "technology park", "technopark", "technopolis", "technopole", or a "science and technology park" [STP]) is defined as being a property-based development that accommodates and fosters the growth of tenant firms and that are affiliated with a university (or government and private research bodies) based on proximity, ownership, and/or governance.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=McCarthy|first1=Ian P.|last2=Silvestre|first2=Bruno S.|last3=von Nordenflycht|first3=Andrew|last4=Breznitz|first4=Shiri M.|date=2018|title=A typology of university research park strategies: What parks do and why it matters|journal=Journal of Engineering and Technology Management|volume=47|pages=110–122|doi=10.1016/j.jengtecman.2018.01.004|s2cid=96429706|issn=0923-4748}}</ref> This is so that knowledge can be shared, innovation promoted, [[technology transfer]]red, and research outcomes progressed to viable commercial products. Science parks are also often perceived as contributing to national economic development, stimulating the formation of new high-technology firms, attracting foreign investment and promoting exports.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the City|last=Caves|first=R. W.|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=9780415252256|pages=584}}</ref>