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Creative cities, cultural clusters and local economic development
Cooke, Philip N. (contributor);  … - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420013
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Handbook of creative cities
Mellander, Chorlotta (contributor);  … - 2011
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851515
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Sustainable cities : diversity, economic growth and social cohesion
Janssens, Madeleine (contributor) - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850845
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The impact of covid on cities and regions : policy responses of local leaders
Kresl, Peter Karl (ed.); Bertin, Mattia (ed.) - 2023
changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437070
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Networks, governance and economic development : bridging disciplinary frontiers
Landart, Cristina Iturrioz (contributor);  … - 2008
This compact and authoritative book brings together the topical themes of networks and governance to advance understanding of the determinants of local economic development in the context of increasingly global relationships
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851861
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Planning cities for the future : the successes and failures of urban economic strategies in Europe
Kresl, Peter Karl - 2007
1. The urban context and the need for economic-strategic planning -- 2. The literature on urban competitiveness and strategic-economic planning -- 3. The economic and geographic analysis of urban competitiveness -- 4. The ten cities and their planning at the outset of the 1990s -- 5. How these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420048
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Branding Chinese mega-cities : policies, practices and positioning
Björner, Emma (contributor); Berg, Per Olof (contributor) - 2014
-cities, yet relevant cases in the more developed world are critically reflected to illuminate the path to new practices of city … globalizing world--this is a book that will attract a wide audience across disciplines.'--Fulong Wu, University College London, UK … rest of the world. This includes the way stakeholders and actors are engaged in city branding; the 'societal forces' that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850828
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Industrial location and economic integration : centrifugal and centripetal forces in the new Europe
Dluhosch, Barbara - 2000
In recent decades the world economy has been characterized by deepening and widening integration. Throughout this time … view of the consequences of globalization. Barbara Dluhosch carefully identifies and analyses the main pillars of the new … globalization. Finally, the policy implications of this are critically evaluated by drawing on experiences of European economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473890
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Regional economies as knowledge laboratories
Piccaluga, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2004
Today, the study of regions is central to academic analysis and policy deliberation on how to respond to the rise of the knowledge economy. Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories illustrates how newer types of regional analysis--utilising scientometrics, knowledge services measures and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850693
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The dynamics of regions and networks in industrial ecosystems
Davidsdottir, Brynhildur (contributor);  … - 2009
Industrial ecology provides a rigorous and comprehensive description of human production and consumption processes in the larger context of environmental and socioeconomic change. This volume offers methodologies for such descriptions, with contributions covering both basic and advanced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850894