The Rise Of Cities Revisited

Author : Richard Florida
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780465038985

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The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited by Richard Florida Pdf

A provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed. Initially published in 2002, The Rise of the Creative Class quickly achieved classic status for its identification of forces then only beginning to reshape our economy, geography, and workplace. Weaving story-telling with original research, Richard Florida identified a fundamental shift linking a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing importance of creativity in people's work lives and the emergence of a class of people unified by their engagement in creative work. Millions of us were beginning to work and live much as creative types like artists and scientists always had, Florida observed, and this Creative Class was determining how the workplace was organized, what companies would prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities would thrive. In The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited, Florida further refines his occupational, demographic, psychological, and economic profile of the Creative Class, incorporates a decade of research, and adds five new chapters covering the global effects of the Creative Class and exploring the factors that shape "quality of place" in our changing cities and suburbs.

Author : Bram Vannieuwenhuyze,Reinout Rutte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06
Category : History
ISBN : 2503600565

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The Rise of Cities Revisited by Bram Vannieuwenhuyze,Reinout Rutte Pdf

Adriaan Verhulst's The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe (1999) is the last comprehensive work written by a single author on the urban genesis and spatial developments of cities in the medieval Low Countries. Since then, monographs, specialised studies and articles have been published on various cities and towns, while urban archaeologists have carried out numerous excavations. Much new knowledge has been gained, yet many gaps and the need for comparative overviews remain. Twenty-five years after Verhulst's synthesis, The Rise of Cities Revisited takes a fresh look at the origins and developments of cities and towns in the Low Countries between the tenth and the sixteenth centuries, critically assesses progress made in scholarship and outlines future directions for research. The nine chapters of the book are written by senior and junior specialists from various fields, including medieval history, historical geography, economic history, archaeology and building history. The Rise of Cities Revisited presents a state of the art and provides scholars with tools to study this complex subject in future.

Author : Edward C. Banfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039129031

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The Unheavenly City Revisited by Edward C. Banfield Pdf

A revision of The unheavenly city. Bibliography: p. [291]-292.

Author : Paul Kantor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000315851

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The Dependent City Revisited by Paul Kantor Pdf

Here is a book that makes sense of the L.A. riots, homelessness, tax giveaways, and the other big urban issues that are back in the national spotlight. In this streamlined and updated new edition of his classic book, The Dependent City, Paul Kantor now focuses on economic development and social welfare policies to reveal the key dilemmas of American urban politics. Returning to a political economy theme, Kantor explores how city governments have struggled to escape and accommodate the reality of their economic dependency in the policies that they've pursued. Revisiting cities across the nation, Kantor finds not only that they have become more dependent but also that the character of this dependency has changed and deepened. Exploring local regimes in the Frostbelt and Sunbelt and in suburbia, he finds that they frequently act more like captives of big business rather than as representatives of citizens. Local attempts to promote social justice increasingly run up against a wall of economic dependency created by federal policies and business power. This book signals how American cities can find ways of overcoming this dependency by working together with states and the federal government to promote healthy, democratic urban politics. The Dependent City Revisited is an accessible, provocative supplement for a wide variety of courses in urban studies and political economy as well as stimulating reading for anyone who is interested in understanding America's urban mosaic.

Author : Richard Florida
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780465038985

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The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited by Richard Florida Pdf

A provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed. Initially published in 2002, The Rise of the Creative Class quickly achieved classic status for its identification of forces then only beginning to reshape our economy, geography, and workplace. Weaving story-telling with original research, Richard Florida identified a fundamental shift linking a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing importance of creativity in people's work lives and the emergence of a class of people unified by their engagement in creative work. Millions of us were beginning to work and live much as creative types like artists and scientists always had, Florida observed, and this Creative Class was determining how the workplace was organized, what companies would prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities would thrive. In The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited, Florida further refines his occupational, demographic, psychological, and economic profile of the Creative Class, incorporates a decade of research, and adds five new chapters covering the global effects of the Creative Class and exploring the factors that shape "quality of place" in our changing cities and suburbs.

Author : Dennis R. Judd,Dick W. Simpson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780816665754

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The City, Revisited by Dennis R. Judd,Dick W. Simpson Pdf

Reexamining urban scholarship for the twenty-first century.

Author : J. Michael Thomson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : City traffic
ISBN : 0140551271

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Great Cities and Their Traffic by J. Michael Thomson Pdf

Author : Richard K. Rein
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781642831702

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American Urbanist by Richard K. Rein Pdf

"William H. Whyte's curiosity compelled him to question the status quo--whether helping to make Fortune Magazine essential reading for business leaders, warning of "groupthink" in his bestseller The Organization Man, or standing up for Jane Jacobs as she advocated for the vitality of city life and public space. This compelling biography sheds light on Whyte's bold way of thinking, ripe for rediscovery at a time when we are reshaping our communities into places of opportunity and empowerment for all citizens" -- Backcover.

Author : Allen J Scott
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446264423

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The Cultural Economy of Cities by Allen J Scott Pdf

Culture is big business. It is at the root of many urban regeneration schemes throughout the world, yet the economy of culture is under-theorized and under-developed. In this wide-ranging and penetrating volume, the economic logic and structure of the modern cultural industries is explained. The connection between cultural production and urban-industrial concentration is demonstrated and the book shows why global cities are the homelands of the modern cultural industries. This book covers many sectors of cultural economy, from craft industries such as clothing and furniture, to modern media industries such as cinema and music recording. The role of the global city as a source of creative and innovative energy is examined in detail, with particular attention paid to Paris and Los Angeles.

Author : Richard L. Florida
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 041594886X

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Cities and the Creative Class by Richard L. Florida Pdf

Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - the key economic growth asset - and argues that, in order to prosper, cities must harness this creative potential.

Author : Edward C. Banfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017709150

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The Unheavenly City Revisited by Edward C. Banfield Pdf

This book attempts to make people think about the problems of the cities in the light of scholarly findings.

Author : Thomas Deckker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135802509

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Modern City Revisited by Thomas Deckker Pdf

The second in a series of titles published to address issues relating to the conservation of the Modern Movement, this is a key publication for architects, planners and all those with a specific interest in modernism and modern planning.

Author : Enikő Vincze,Ioana Florea,Manuel B. Aalbers
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781040092309

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Uneven Real Estate Development in Romania at the Intersection of Deindustrialization and Financialization by Enikő Vincze,Ioana Florea,Manuel B. Aalbers Pdf

This book examines the progression of real estate development within the deindustrialization-financialization nexus. It explores the roles it has in semi-peripheral contexts such as Romania, where it overlaps with the process of the transformation of state socialism into neoliberal capitalism, viewed at the intersection of global, national, and local forces. The book focuses on real estate development in Romania as a product and a driver of capitalism. It contributes to ongoing debates in critical urban theories and Marxist perspectives in urban sociology. Focusing on the under-researched East European region, it decenters social research and fine-tunes the political economy theory about state and economic restructuring. The book contains methodological and theoretical insights that are useful in other contexts beyond Romania and Central and Eastern Europe, especially in other (semi)peripheral emerging markets. The focus of critical inquiry into capitalist transformations adopted in this book can also support political activism. It uncovers the varieties of the deindustrialization-financialization nexus in real estate built on the dismantled pre-1990 socialist industrial plants. The chapters describe the advancement of real estate investments across second and third-tier cities, displaying uneven development and subordinate financialization at the intersection of local and global processes and political and economic actors. It will be of interest to researchers and students of urban sociology, economic sociology, political economy, human geography, and political geography.

Author : Richard Florida
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307372130

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Who's Your City? by Richard Florida Pdf

International Bestseller All places are not created equal. In this groundbreaking book, Richard Florida shows that where we live is increasingly a crucial factor in our lives, one that fundamentally affects our professional and personal prospects. As well as explaining why place matters now more than ever, Who’s Your City? provides indispensable tools to help you choose the right place for you. It’s a cliché of the information age that globalization has made place irrelevant, that one can telecommute as effectively from New Zealand as New York. But it’s not true, Richard Florida argues, relying on twenty years of innovative research in urban studies, creativity, and demographic trends. In fact, as new units of economic growth called mega-regions become increasingly specialized, the world is becoming more and more “spiky” — divided between flourishing clusters of talent, education and competitiveness, and moribund “valleys.” All these places have personalities, Richard Florida explains in the second half of Who’s Your City?, and happiness depends on finding the city in which you can balance your personal and career goals to thrive. More people than ever before now have the opportunity to choose where to live, but at different points in our lives we need different kinds of places, he points out — what a couple of recent college graduates want from their city isn’t necessarily what a retiree is looking for. You have to find the place that suits you best: a boho-burb neighbourhood isn’t likely to be the best fit for patio man. So, for the first time, Who’s Your City? ranks cities by their fitness for various life stages, rating the best places for singles, young families, and empty nesters. It summarizes the key factors that make place matter to different kinds of people, from professional opportunities to the closeness of family to how well it matches their lifestyle, and provides an in-depth series of steps to help you choose the right place wisely. Sparkling with Richard Florida’s signature intellectual originality, Who’s Your City? moves from insights to studies to personal anecdotes, from a startling “Singles Map” of the United States to surprising data on the difference aesthetics makes to people’s sense of place. A perceptive and transformative book, it is both a brilliant exploration of the fundamental importance of place and an essential guide to making what may be the most important decision of your life.

Author : Roger Keil,Pierre Hamel,Julie-Anne Boudreau,Stefan Kipfer
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781771122627

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Governing Cities Through Regions by Roger Keil,Pierre Hamel,Julie-Anne Boudreau,Stefan Kipfer Pdf

The region is back in town. Galloping urbanization has pushed beyond historical notions of metropolitanism. City-regions have experienced, in Edward Soja’s terms, “an epochal shift in the nature of the city and the urbanization process, marking the beginning of the end of the modern metropolis as we knew it.” Governing Cities Through Regions broadens and deepens our understanding of metropolitan governance through an innovative comparative project that engages with Anglo-American, French, and German literatures on the subject of regional governance. It expands the comparative angle from issues of economic competiveness and social cohesion to topical and relevant fields such as housing and transportation, and it expands comparative work on municipal governance to the regional scale. With contributions from established and emerging international scholars of urban and regional governance, the volume covers conceptual topics and case studies that contrast the experience of a range of Canadian metropolitan regions with a strong selection of European regions. It starts from assumptions of limited conversion among regions across the Atlantic but is keenly aware of the remarkable differences in urban regions’ path dependencies in which the larger processes of globalization and neo-liberalization are situated and materialized.