Krätke The Creative Capital of Cities

Interactive Knowledge Creation and the Urbanization Economies of Innovation
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4224-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Studies in Urban and Social Change

This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creativeclass and creative industries from a critical urban theoryperspective.
* Critiques Richard Florida's popular books about cities and thecreative class
* Presents an alternative approach based on analyses of empiricalresearch data concerning the German urban system and the case studyregions, Hanover and Berlin
* Underscores that the culture industry takes a leading role inconforming with neoliberal conceptions of labor markets

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krätke, Stefan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations vii
Series Editors' Preface x
Introduction 1
1 Creativity and Innovation under the Command of Capital12
The Capitalist Imperative of Creativity and Innovation 12
Generalizing Models of Urban Economic Development 18
The Role of Innovation and Interurban Competition inHarvey's Theory of Capitalist Urbanization 24
Conclusion 34
2 Creative Cities as a New Urban Growth Ideology: The Impactof Creative Occupations on Regional Economic Success 37
Introduction 37
Critique of Florida's Conception of the Creative Class39
An Assessment of Regional Economic Success Factors and theImpact of Creative Workers on Regional Development 47
The Impact of Creative Occupational Groups on Regional EconomicDevelopment in Germany 52
Relationship between "Qualities of Place" and theRegional Concentration of Scientifically and TechnologicallyCreative Workers 77
Conclusion 88
3 Innovation and Knowledge Networks in a Metropolitan Region:The Impact of Localization Economies and Networking onTechnological Creativity 92
Introduction 92
Innovation and Knowledge Networks: Theoretical Approaches 97
The Application of Network Analysis to Urban Regions'Knowledge Networks 104
Geographic Scales and Structural Properties of KnowledgeNetworks in the Metropolitan Region of Hanover 109
Assessment of Network Impacts on Regional Firms'Innovation Output 121
Conclusion 125
4 Creativity in the Culture and Media Industries: The Impactof Commercial Imperatives on Artistic Creativity 128
Introduction 128
The Institutional Order of the Cultural Economy: Creativity in aCapitalist Context 131
Global Centers of the Culture Industry and the Production ofLifestyle Images 146
Conclusion 155
5 Local Clustering of the Cultural Economy in the Metropolisof Berlin: The Urbanization Economies of Artistically CreativeOccupations 158
Introduction 158
The Rise of the Cultural Economy in Berlin's Inner-CityArea 163
Creative Cities and the Role of the Culture Industries in UrbanEconomic and Spatial Development: Implications for UrbanRegeneration 183
Conclusion 191
6 Synthesis: The Creative Capital of Cities 194
Appendix: Grouping of Occupations and Subsectors 208
References 219
Index 234

Über Autor(innen)

Stefan Krätke is Professor of Economic and Social Geography at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt, Germany. He is the author of a wide variety of publications, in both German and English, that include The Metropolization of the European Urban System in the Era of Globalization (2007) and City of Talents? Berlin's Regional Economy, Socio-spatial Fabric and 'Worst Practice' Urban Governance (2004).