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The Creative Capital of Cities: Interactive Knowledge Creation and the Urbanization Economies of Innovation
Stefan Krätke
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Paperback. The Creative Capital of Cities challenges the new urban growth concepts of creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective. The author presents both technological creativity in knowledge-intensive industries and artistical creativity in the cultural economy sector in the analysis of the 'creative capital of cities'. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective.
This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective.
- Critiques Richard Florida's popular books about cities and the creative class
- Presents an alternative approach based on analyses of empirical research data concerning the German urban system and the case study regions, Hanover and Berlin
- Underscores that the culture industry takes a leading role in conforming with neoliberal conceptions of labor markets
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Urban and Social Change
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444336221
SKU
V9781444336221
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Ref
99-50
About Stefan Krätke
Stefan Krätke is Professor of Economic and Social Geography at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt, Germany. He is the author of a wide variety of publications, in both German and English, that include The Metropolization of the European Urban System in the Era of Globalization (2007) and City of Talents? Berlin's Regional Economy, Socio-spatial Fabric and 'Worst Practice' Urban ... Read more
Reviews for The Creative Capital of Cities: Interactive Knowledge Creation and the Urbanization Economies of Innovation
"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." (J Hous and the Built Environ, 8 September 2012)