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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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The impact of covid on cities and regions : policy responses of local leaders
Kresl, Peter Karl (ed.); Bertin, Mattia (ed.) - 2023
"The recent COVID-19 pandemic has arguably caused some of the most noticeable and influential societal and economic changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban policy makers. Chapters offer keen insights into the methods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437070
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Regional knowledge economies : markets, clusters and innovation
Cooke, Philip - 2007
Introduction : aims of the book -- The emergent knowledge economy : concepts and evidence -- Knowledge-based sectors : key drivers of innovation and models of knowledge exchange -- Local clusters and global networks -- Varieties of business system and innovation -- Introduction to key research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420045
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Handbook of regional growth and development theories
Nijkamp, Peter (contributor); Capello, Roberta (contributor) - 2009
Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume brings together contributions looking at new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851564
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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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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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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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Handbook on place branding and marketing
Campelo, Adriana (contributor) - 2017
Contents: Section 1: Place branding: strategies and perspectives -- 1. The state of art: from country-of-origin to strategies for economic development / Adriana Campelo -- 2. Place branding in strategic spatial planning: challenges and opportunities of branding regions / Eduardo Oliveira and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419935
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New directions in economic geography
Fingleton, Bernard (contributor) - 2007
on EU regional data / Bernard Fingleton -- From theory to estimation and back : the empirical relevance of new economic … connection between theory and empirics / Anna Soci -- Agglomeration and internet exchange points : an exploration of the internet … part of the inevitable creative destruction of NEG theory, it does promote the continuing role of theoretical and empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420047
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Applied evolutionary economics and economic geography
Frenken, Koen (contributor) - European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics … - 2007
Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography aims to further advance empirical methodologies in evolutionary economics, with a special emphasis on geography and firm location. It does so by bringing together a select group of leading scholars including economists, geographers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420052