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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...
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In the past twenty years, globalization has led to an obsolescence of economic and social urban functions. Large cities …
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Parnreiter -- 3. Commodity traders as agents of economic globalization / Wouter Jacobs -- 4. Real estate and global capital … coalitions or global city makers?: globalization vs. new localism in Hamburg's maritime network / Markus Hesse -- 9. Chasing the … the world economy is managed and controlled, and discusses the significance of economic actors and their practices in the …
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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...
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Cities and city regions are growing throughout the world and this trend is forecast to continue well into the 21st …
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Abstract AbstractBranchencluster gelten als zentrales Element der Wirtschaftsförderung, mit der gerade Branchen wie die kreative Industrie an Dynamik gewinnen sollen. Aber welchen Nutzen können einzelne Cluster stiften? Anhand zahlreicher Projektbeispiele werden Nutzen und Grenzen von Clustern...
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Cities are playing an ever more important role in the mitigation and adaption to climate change. This book examines the politics shaping whether, how and to what extent cities engage in global climate governance. By studying the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, and drawing on scholarship...
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This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it illustrates how cultures and cultural diversity...
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