Research Catalog

Title

The creative class goes global / edited by Charlotta Mellander, Richard Florida, Bjørn T. Asheim and Meric Gertler.

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mellander, Charlotta
• Regional Studies Association (Seaford, England)

Description

xx, 319 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Regions and cities ; 69

Uniform Title

Regions and cities ; 69.

Subjects

• Social classes
• Technology and civilization
• Creative ability in technology
• Creative ability > Social aspects
• Work ethic > United States
• Human capital
• Leisure
• Creative ability > Economic aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Charlotta Mellander, Richard Florida, Bjørn T. Asheim and Meric Gertler -- Inside the black box of regional development : human capital, the creative class and tolerance / Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick -- Talent, technology and tolerance in Canadian regional development / Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick -- Florida's creative class in a Swedish context : the problem of measuring tolerance and amenity-driven growth / Høgni Kalsø Hansen -- Different creative cities : exploring Danish data to adapt the creative class argument to small welfare economies / Kristina Vaarst Andersen and Mark Lorenzen -- One size fits all? : applying the creative class thesis onto a Nordic context / Kristina Vaarst Andersen, Markus M. Bugge, Høgni Kalsø Hansen, Arne Isaksen and Mika Raunio -- Tolerance, aesthetics, amenities or jobs? : Dutch city attraction to the creative class / Gerard Marlet and Clemens van Woerkens -- The creative class, related variety and economic growth in Dutch city regions / Irina van Aalst, Oedzge Atzema, Ron Boschma and Frank van Oort -- Location, quality of place, and outcomes : applying the "3ts" model to the UK / Nick Clifton -- The geography of creative people in Germany revisited / Michael Fritsch and Michael Stuetzer -- Location of the creative class in seven European countries / Ron Boschma and Michael Fritsch -- The creative class "down under" : exploring the creative class theory in Australia / Kevin M. Stolarick -- Regional development and the creative class in Japan / Hans Westlund and Federica Calidoni -- China's development disconnect / Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Haifeng Qian -- The creative class around the world / Charlotta Mellander, Richard Florida, Bjørn T. Asheim and Meric Gertler.

Call Number

JBE 16-76

ISBN

• 9780415633604 (hardback)
• 0415633605 (hardback)
• 9780415633611 (pbk.)
• 0415633613 (pbk.)
• 9780203094945 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013013909

OCLC

828482914

Title

The creative class goes global / edited by Charlotta Mellander, Richard Florida, Bjørn T. Asheim and Meric Gertler.

Publisher

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Regions and cities ; 69

Regions and cities ; 69.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Mellander, Charlotta, editor.

Regional Studies Association (Seaford, England)

Research Call Number

JBE 16-76