PLX 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Creative City, The Florida Review, Creative Class
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Talking about critiques of policies we"re looking at hierarchies of fragmentation. Along with many other cities, the city of toronto truly believed in florida"s ideas. Policies is a chance for the city to capitalize. Used around the world; this basis on how to build the city. Human creativity= defining force of contemporary economic development. As competitive players in the global marketplace, cities need to enhance their ability to attract, keep, and entertain this new, growing, important creative class. Cities compete for creative talent (making people climates) by building urban places that are open, diverse, dynamic and cool. Mobile, boundless actors are looking for authentic,tolerant, trending neighbourhoods. Specific, deliverable task that cities can do. Working within and through the existing neoliberal framework . Neoliberalism: the idea that an open unregulated market is the best option for socio-economic development. Economic growth through our own abilities, but government still has a role in helping.
