Gemeinden, Städte und Regionen sehen sich mit verschärfter internationaler Konkurrenz konfrontiert. Umwelt-, Verkehrs- und Versorgungsprobleme nehmen Ausmaße an, die von kommunaler Seite allein nicht mehr zu lösen sind. Hinzu treten zum Teil massive soziale Polarisierungstendenzen und ein...

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...

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...