Creative Economies, Creative Cities Asian-European Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kong, Lily. (Editor), O'Connor, Justin. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: The GeoJournal Library, 98
• Subjects: Geography.; Regional planning.; Architecture.; Population.; Social sciences.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Social Sciences, general.; Population Economics.; Cities, Countries, Regions.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9949-6

The cultural and creative industries have become increasingly prominent on many policy agendas in recent years. Governments have identified the growing consumer potential for cultural/creative industry products in the home market, as well as for the growth of exports. The emphasis now lies on creati...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Introduction: J. O<U+0019>Connor, L. Kong
• Creative Economy Policies
• 2: Creative cities and the creative/cultural economy: a European perspective: A. Pratt
• 3: Notions of the creative industry in Asia: the interaction of past and present industrial forms: T. Tschang
• Creative Clusters
• 4: Spaces of culture and economy: mapping the cultural creative cluster landscape: H. Mommaas: Creative clusters: arts and cultural activities in Singapore: L. Kong: 6: The capital complex: Beijing<U+0019>s new creative clusters: M. Keane: A Creative Class?: 7: The European creative class and regional development: How relevant is Florida<U+0019>s theory for Europe?: H. Kals ̜Hansen, B. Asheim, J. Vang Lauridsen: 8: Getting out of place: the mobile creative class takes on the local: K. Oakley
• 9: Asian cities and limits to creative capital theory: P. Mok
• The Making of Creative Cities
• 10: The creative industries, governance and economic development: C. Taylor: 11: Shanghai<U+0019>s emergence into the global creative economy: Li Wu Wei, Hua Jian
• 12: Shanghai Moderne: creative economy in a creative city?: J. O<U+0019>Connor: The Politics of the Creative City: 13: Urbanity as a political project: urban interventions and the European City: E. Corijn: 14: Alternative politics in urban innovation: P. Lehtovouri, K. Havik: References
• Index.