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This book brings together detailed studies of the creative class in cities across the globe, examining the impact of the creative class on growth and development. The countries covered include the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, China, Japan and Canada, in addition to the United States.
List of contents
1. Introduction
Charlotta Mellander and Richard Florida 2. Inside the Black Box of Regional Development: Human capital, the creative class and tolerance
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick 3. Talent, Technology and Tolerance in Canadian Regional Development
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick 4. Florida's Creative Class in a Swedish Context: The problem of measuring tolerance and amenity-driven growth
Høgni Kalsø Hansen 5. Different Creative Cities: Exploring Danish data to adapt the creative class argument to small welfare economies
Kristina Vaarst Andersen and Mark Lorenzen 6. 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 7. Tolerance, Aesthetics, Amenities or Jobs? Dutch city attraction to the creative class
Gerard Marlet and Clemens van Woerkens 8. The Creative Class, Related Variety and Economic Growth in Dutch City Regions
Irina van Aalst, Oedzge Atzema, Ron Boschma and Frank van Oort 9. Location, Quality of Place, and Outcomes: Applying the '3Ts' model to the UK
Nick Clifton 10. The Geography of Creative People in Germany: Revisited
Michael Fritsch and Michael Stuetzer 11. Location of the Creative Class in Seven European Countries
Ron Boschma and Michael Fritsch 12. The Creative Class 'Down Under': Exploring the creative class theory in Australia
Kevin M. Stolarick 13. Regional Development and the Creative Class in Japan
Hans Westlund and Federica Calidoni 14. China's Development Disconnect
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Haifeng Qian 15. The Creative Class around the World
Charlotta Mellander and Richard Florida
About the author
Charlotta Mellander is Professor of Economics at Jönköping International Business School, Sweden. She also holds a visiting faculty position at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada.
Richard Florida is Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, Canada, and is also Global Research Professor at New York University, USA. He is the author of the best-selling book
The Rise of the Creative Class.Bjørn T. Asheim is Chair in Economic Geography at Lund University, Sweden. He is also Research Director and Co-founder of CIRCLE, one of the largest research organisations on innovation in Europe.
Meric Gertler is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is also Professor of Geography and Planning, and holds the Goldring Chair in Canadian Studies at the University of Toronto.
Summary
This book brings together detailed studies of the creative class in cities across the globe, examining the impact of the creative class on growth and development. The countries covered include the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, China, Japan and Canada, in addition to the United States.
