New Economy of the Inner City - Restructuring, Regeneration Dislocation in 21st Century Metropolis

Zusatztext "Hutton’s monograph offers a useful state of the art of research on the inner-city economy, a welcome critical reflection on over-hyped concepts like the creative class and the creative industries, and several building blocks to bring this research field forward." – Marco Bontje, in Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2009, Vol. 24 Informationen zum Autor Thomas A. Hutton is Professor of Urban Studies and City Planning in the Centre for Human Settlements, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, Canada. Dr Hutton's research interests include new industry formation in the inner city and the role of service industries in urban transformation within the Asia-Pacific. Klappentext The New Economy of the Inner City presents a penetrating analysis of contemporary new industry formation and its theoretical signifiers, derived from compelling case studies situated in four global cities: London, Singapore, San Francisco and Vancouver. Zusammenfassung The New Economy of the Inner City presents a penetrating analysis of contemporary new industry formation and its theoretical signifiers, derived from compelling case studies situated in four global cities: London, Singapore, San Francisco and Vancouver. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Reassertion of Production in the Inner City 2. Process: Geographies of Production in the Central City 3. Place: The Revival of Inner City Industrial Districts 4. Restructuring Narratives in the Global Metropolis: From Postindustrial to 'New Industrial' in London 5. London’s Inner City in the New Economy 6. Inscriptions of Restructuring in the Developmental State: Telok Ayer, Singapore 7. The New Economy and its Dislocations in San Francisco’s South of Market Area 8. New Industry Formation and the Transformation of Vancouver’s Metropolitan Core 9. The New Economy of the Inner City: An Essay in Theoretical Synthesis ...

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• Authors: Thomas A. Hutton, Thomas A. (University of British Columbia Hutton, Tom Hutton, Hutton Thomas A., Hutton Tom
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.2008
• EAN: 9780415771344
• ISBN: 978-0-415-77134-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Routledge Studies in Economic Geography; Routledge Studies in Economic Geography
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, The environment, Urban & municipal planning, urban economics, Economics of industrial organisation, Human Geography, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Economics of industrial organization, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Regional / urban economics