Making Competitive Cities

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...

List of contents

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
 
Development path: roots and current conditions of the
 
creative knowledge economy
 
Development paths: a synthesis and conclusion
 
References
 
5 Reinventing the City: Barcelona, Birmingham and Dublin
 
Veronica Crossa, Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and
 
Austin Barber
 
Introduction
 
Historical context
 
The trajectory of industrial development
 
The state and policy intervention
 
The challenge of soft factors
 
Conclusions
 
References
 
6 Institutional Change and New Development Paths:
 
Budapest, Leipzig, Poznan, Riga and Sofia
 
Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz, Joachim Burdack and
 
Tamás Egedy
 
Introduction
 
Socio-economic characteristics of the study areas
 
Development pathways shaping the city profiles and the role of the systemic change
 
Determinants of development of the creative knowledge sector
 
Conclusions
 
Acknowledgements
 
References
 
7 Changing Specialisations and Single Sector Dominance:
 
Helsinki and Toulouse
 
Hélène Martin-Brelot and Kaisa Kepsu
 
Introduction
 
Setting the context - Helsinki and Toulouse
 
Pathways to knowledge-driven economies
 
Knowledge driving economic development: sciences, industries and policies
 
Future challenges
 
Conclusion and discussion
 
References
 
PART III ACTORS
 
8 What Works for Managers and Highly Educated Workers
 
in Creative Knowledge Industries?
 
Sako Musterd and Alan Murie
 
Introduction
 
Three groups of actors and a range of conditions
 
The following chapters
 
References
 
9 Managers and Entrepreneurs in Creative and Knowledge-
 
Intensive Industries: What Determines Their Location?
 
Toulouse, Helsinki, Budapest, Riga and Sofia
 
Evgenii Dainov and Arnis Sauka
 
Introduction: places matter
 
Cities and the creative class: major conceptual challenges
 
Characteristics of the cities: a brief overview
 
Location decisions: 'individual trajectory' considerations and 'hard' factors
 
Location decisions: the role of 'soft' factors
 
In-city location decisions
 
Capital city versus provincial city location decisions
 
Policymaking: 'soft', 'hard' or 'other'?
 
Conclusions and

Report

"Making Competitive Cities is therefore a stimulating read, persuasive and provocative in its lines of argument, and presenting an important challenge to urban political praxis the world over." (Journal of Economic Geography, 19 August 2011)
 
"The strength of Making Competitive Cities is its highly structured, data-driven research on thirteen diverse and widely scattered cities, which facilitates comparative study and the construction of useful generalizations. The informative individual chapters follow parallel structures and are all well prepared." (Association of American Geographers, 14 March 2011)
 
"This collection of essays utilizes comparative case studies to illustrate the challenges cities face from a shifting global economy and the very different ways cities can change. The essays offer insights into the theoretical and practical understanding of the environments required to develop competitive "creative knowledge" cities, cities that are successful, exciting, and enjoyable places to live." (Book News Inc, November 2010)

Product details

• Authors: Alan Murie, Alan (Professor of Urban and Regional Studi Murie, Musterd, S Musterd, Sako Musterd, Sako (Professor of Urban Geography and Di Musterd, Sako Murie Musterd
• Assisted by: Murie (Editor), Murie (Editor), Alan Murie (Editor), Murie Alan (Editor), Sak Musterd (Editor), Sako Musterd (Editor), Musterd Sako (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.2010
• EAN: 9781405194150
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-9415-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Architektur, Planung, Geographie, Architecture, Geography, Planning, Stadtgeographie, Urban geography