Handbook of creative cities / edited by David Emmanuel Andersson, Åke E. Andersson, Chorlotta Mellander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andersson, David Emmanuel.

Andersson, Åke E.

Mellander, Chorlotta.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

City planning.

Urban renewal.

Sustainable development.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 555 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Summary:

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 urban environments. The economist Åke E. Andersson and the psychologist Dean Simonton are the other members of this "creative troika". In the Handbook of Creative Cities, Florida, Andersson and Simonton appear in the same volume for the first time. The expert contributors in this timely Handbook extend their insights with a varied set of theoretical and empirical tools. The diversity of the contributions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of creative city theorizing, which encompasses urban economics, economic geography, social psychology, urban sociology, and urban planning. The stated policy implications are equally diverse, ranging from libertarian to social democratic visions of our shared creative and urban future.

Contents:

pt. 1. Foundations

part 2. People

part 3. Networks

part 4. Planning

part 5. Markets

part 6. Visions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857936394 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.