Political Science 3364F/G Chapter : Urbam - Creative Cities, Florida.docx
27 Jan 2013
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Cities and the creative class richard florida. Cities have been seen as cauldrons of diversity and difference and as fonts for creativity and innovation. Suggests the need for some conceptual refocusing and broadening to account for the location decisions for people as opposed to those of firms as sources of regional and national economic growth. From a policy perspective, this basic conceptual approach has undergirded policies that seek to spur growth by offering firms financial incentives and the like. With the internet and modern telecommunication and transportation systems, the thinking goes, it is no longer necessary for people who work together to be together, so they won"t be. People will inhabit places, but increasingly the economic inhabits a space. Place and community are more critical factors than ever before. The ability to rapidly mobilize talent from such a concentration of people is a tremendous source of competitive advantage for companies in our time driven economy of the creative age.
