Welche Möglichkeiten haben Städte und Stadtregionen, Elemente der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft in die Stadtentwicklungsplanung einzubeziehen? Dieser Frage widmet sich die vorliegende Veröffentlichung. Ist die kreative Stadtentwicklung eine Modeerscheinung oder ein zukunftsgerichtetes...

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...

Cities and Economic change is a much-needed textbook, combining a sound theoretical grounding with an empirical overview of the urban economy. Specific references are made to key emergent processes and debates including splintered labour markets, informal economies, consumption, a comparative...

This book analyses the economic development of cities from the 'cultural economy' and 'creative industry' perspectives, examining and differentiating them as two related but distinct segments of contemporary city economies. The authors argue that although they are normally conflated, the first...