PLX 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Creative City, Creative Class, High Tech

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Planning
• Course: PLX 111
• Professor: Eleanor Rae

Document Summary

Lecture 10: contemporary issues in creative cities - technology//talent// Condition for and result of a region with strong creative economy. High tech and creative class: positive correlation. High tech & working class: negative correlation. Feedback loop: high-tech region generates new tech and further flourish. Innovation & pockets of technology: clustered//concentrated geography. Can create inequality between and within cities. Presence of high-tech indus reflects and signals creativity. Relationship between human capital and economic progress is well-established. Openness to diversity of indiv and ideas. Tolerance refer and reflect deeper cultural signifiers. Florida"s argument is that regions that are receptive to different types of people have a more open-minded culture, which is conductive creativity. High presence of these factors reflects the urban environment and signals that a particular urban environment exists encourage further creative development and economic growth (we shape the city, the city shapes us) Actors // intentions // processes // outcomes. By whom // for whom // with whom.