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 …

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 …

analytical tools that combine GIS and spatial agglomeration analysis based techniques. They can be also employed in order to … enhance appropriate support networks. Territorial and spatial statistics as well as GIS based analyses are applied, using data …