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Informationen zum Autor Sako Musterd , Professor of Urban Geography and Director of the Centre for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam Alan Murie , Professor of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham Klappentext 'You have heard the hype about creative cities and footloose knowledge workers ... [this book] reveals what is happening on the ground, in cities and regions across Europe. Drawing on a collaborative research program, this welcome contribution establishes a new benchmark for academic and policy debates in this fast-moving field.'Jamie Peck, Canada Research Chair in Urban & Regional Political Economy, University of British Columbia'... In its excellent blend of empirical investigation and theoretical argument, Making Competitive Cities reveals the challenges presented to cities by the changing global economy and the disparate ways in which cities are transformed.'From the foreword by Susan S. Fainstein, Harvard UniversityDeveloping creative industries (arts, media, entertainment, architecture, publishing) and knowledge-intensive industries (ICT, R&D, finance, law) can give a city the competitive edge. This book offers significant new insights into the theoretical and practical understanding of the conditions necessary to stimulate 'creative knowledge' cities. The editors consider the developments, experiences and strategies in 13 urban regions across Europe: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Birmingham, Budapest, Dublin, Helsinki, Leipzig, Milan, Munich, Poznan, Riga, Sofia and Toulouse. These urban regions have different histories and roles, include capital and non-capital cities of different sizes, and represent cities with different economic structures, as well as different cultural, political and welfare state traditions.Through this wide range of examples, Making Competitive Cities informs the debate about creative and knowledge-intensive industries, economic development, and competitiveness policies. Contributors from 13 European institutions consider how far each of these metropolitan regions are developing as 'creative knowledge regions', what influences the nature of the emerging economy and what policy can do to influence change.As well as a systematic empirical comparison of developments related to these industries, the book examines the pathways that cities have followed, and surveys both the negative and positive impacts of different prevailing conditions. Zusammenfassung The book investigates the impact on the competitiveness of cities developing creative industries (arts, media, entertainment, creative business services, architects, publishers, designers) and knowledge-intensive industries (ICT, R&D, finance, law). Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Professor Susan Fainstein, Harvard University Preface Contributors PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Making Competitive Cities: Debates and Challenges Sako Musterd and Alan Murie Debates and challenges Sectors Questions and theories Regions and sources Pathways, actors and policies References 2 The Idea of the Creative or Knowledge-Based City Sako Musterd and Alan Murie Essential conditions for competitive cities 'Hard' conditions theory Cluster theory Personal networks 'Soft' conditions theory Three parts References PART II PATHWAYS 3 Pathways in Europe Denis Eckert, Alan Murie and Sako Musterd Path dependency Initial expectations and comparisons The chapters to come References 4 Stable Trajectories Towards the Creative Knowledge City? Amsterdam, Munich and Milan Anne von Streit, Marco Bontje and Elena dell'Agnese Introduction The economic base and the creative knowledge economy De...
