Cities and city regions are growing throughout the world and this trend is forecast to continue well into the 21st century. The authors of The Rise of the City see the next 100 years as being the "Urban Century". In this book they examine urban growth and the dynamics that are transforming the...

"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...

Social innovation and community development: concepts, theories and challenges / Frank Moulaert -- Historical roots of social change : philosophies and movements / Flavia Martinelli -- ALMOLIN: how to analyse social innovation at the local level? / Sara González, Frank Moulaert and Flavia...

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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