{"product_id":"the-creative-capital-of-cities-9781444336221","title":"The Creative Capital of Cities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eCritiques Richard Florida''s popular books about cities and the creative class\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an alternative approach based on analyses of empirical research data concerning the German urban system and the case study regions\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e Hanover and Berlin\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderscores that the culture industry takes a leading role in conforming with neoliberal conceptions of labor markets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"On the whole, The Creative Capital of Cities makes a valuable contribution to the urban economic literature. It provides a critical and quite comprehensive overview of a number of issues that have so far been left too much aside in the current debate.\"  (\u003ci\u003eJ Hous and the Built Environ\u003c\/i\u003e, 8 September 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e vii  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface\u003c\/i\u003e x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Creativity and Innovation under the Command of Capital 12\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Capitalist Imperative of Creativity and Innovation 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneralizing Models of Urban Economic Development 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Innovation and Interurban Competition in Harvey’s Theory of Capitalist Urbanization 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Creative Cities as a New Urban Growth Ideology: The Impact of Creative Occupations on Regional Economic Success 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritique of Florida’s Conception of the Creative Class 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Assessment of Regional Economic Success Factors and the Impact of Creative Workers on Regional Development 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact of Creative Occupational Groups on Regional Economic Development in Germany 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelationship between “Qualities of Place” and the Regional Concentration of Scientifically and Technologically Creative Workers 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Innovation and Knowledge Networks in a Metropolitan Region: The Impact of Localization Economies and Networking on Technological Creativity 92\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInnovation and Knowledge Networks: Theoretical Approaches 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Application of Network Analysis to Urban Regions’ Knowledge Networks 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographic Scales and Structural Properties of Knowledge Networks in the Metropolitan Region of Hanover 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessment of Network Impacts on Regional Firms’ Innovation Output 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Creativity in the Culture and Media Industries: The Impact of Commercial Imperatives on Artistic Creativity 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Institutional Order of the Cultural Economy: Creativity in a Capitalist Context 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Centers of the Culture Industry and the Production of Lifestyle Images 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Local Clustering of the Cultural Economy in the Metropolis of Berlin: The Urbanization Economies of Artistically Creative Occupations 158\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the Cultural Economy in Berlin’s Inner-City Area 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreative Cities and the Role of the Culture Industries in Urban Economic and Spatial Development: Implications for Urban Regeneration 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Synthesis: The Creative Capital of Cities 194\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendix: Grouping of Occupations and Subsectors\u003c\/i\u003e 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e 234\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408389644631,"sku":"9781444336221","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444336221.jpg?v=1730502725","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-creative-capital-of-cities-9781444336221","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}