Die "Medienstadt" bezeichnet Kultur- und Medien-Zentren auf verschiedensten geographischen Maßstabsebenen - sie umfasst lokale Cluster der Kulturproduktion im urbanen Raum bis hin zu den Kulturmetropolen des globalen Städtesystems. Die Medienwirtschaft kann heute als "Leit-Industrie" und...

'It is obvious that cities have long been the focus of analysis by the scholars and practitioners whose writings published in the KreslSobrino Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies. The depth and excellence of the numerous topics examined reflects effective networking...

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...