Florida Cities and the Creative Class

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-135-93353-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Florida, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: The Creative Capital Theory
Part I: The People Economy
Chapter 2: Competing in the Age of Talent
Chapter 3: The Economic Geography of Talent
Part II: Creativity and Diversity
Chapter 4: Bohemia and Economic Geography
Chapter 5: Technology and Tolerance
Part III: Place and the New City
Chapter 6: Cities and the Creative Class
Chapter 7: Rebuilding Lower Manhattan for the Creative Age

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Florida is the Hirst Professor in George Mason University's School of Public Policy and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings
Institution. He lives in Washington DC.