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Creative Cities and Regions: The Case for Local Economic Diversity
Author(s) -
Desrochers Pierre,
Leppälä Samuli
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
creativity and innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1467-8691
pISSN - 0963-1690
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00586.x
Subject(s) - creativity , diversity (politics) , multidisciplinary approach , economic geography , economies of agglomeration , space (punctuation) , creative cities , regional science , creative city , resizing , economic growth , sociology , business , economics , political science , social science , computer science , anthropology , law , operating system , european union , economic policy
In their recent discussion of the Richard Florida and Jane Jacobs‐inspired ‘creative cities’ policy literature, Hospers and Pen argue that despite increasingly more effective ‘space shrinking’ technologies, cities remain among the most suitable locations for creative activities of all types. This paper supplements their contribution by documenting more concretely how economically diversified cities provide a fertile environment for the discovery and development of new technological combinations. In doing so, we try to illustrate how a better understanding of the linkages between creativity and urban agglomeration would benefit from a multidisciplinary approach that studies both phenomena simultaneously.