With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the "creative city" became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...

1. Introduction : cultural political economy of small cities / Anne Lorentzen and Bas van Heur -- 2. Small cities and the sociospatial specificity of economic development : a heuristic approach / Bas van Heur -- 3. On a road to nowhere : a comment on amenities and urban and regional development...