The Creative Capital of Cities

Interactive Knowledge Creation and the Urbanization Economies of Innovation

Stefan Krätke author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:7th Oct '11

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The Creative Capital of Cities cover

This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective.

  • Critiques Richard Florida's popular books about cities and the creative class
  • Presents an alternative approach based on analyses of empirical research data concerning the German urban system and the case study regions, Hanover and Berlin
  • Underscores that the culture industry takes a leading role in conforming with neoliberal conceptions of labor markets

ISBN: 9781444336214

Dimensions: 237mm x 160mm x 21mm

Weight: 517g

224 pages