Chapter 1. Challenges for a Liveable Urban World (Luigi Fusco Girard) -- Part I. Spotlights on Liveable Cities … -- Chapter 2. Livable Cities: A Conceptual Modelling Approach (Dani Broitman) -- Chapter 3. Defining Indicator Systems for … Liveable Cities (Rudolf Giffinger) -- Chapter 4. Three Conditions for Liveable Cities: Geographical Inclusion, Carbon …

concept of globalization. It is emphasized that cities are the center of spatial transformation where the globalization mostly … effected. The economic and technological developments have caused the fluidity of capital in this manner cities have to bring … presence of cities depends on the renewal of existing potentials according to the changing conditions of today. In this process …

the late Soviet Period (Kazuhiro Kumo) -- Chapter 3. Clustering of Small and Medium-Sized Cities in Russia Based on the … development of regions and cities. The authors analyze the features of the localization of assets, paying attention to both the …

cities, defined as privileged theaters of creativity (Hall, 1998). Hence, cities managing to convert micro or individuals … ideas to macro or collective outputs can be defined as "creative cities". It sheds light on the determinant role of cities … (Lucas, 1988). This communication aims to give a conceptual framework to characterize creative cities. At the urban level, it …