Richard Florida, one of the world's leading urbanists and author of The Rise of the Creative Class, confronts the dark side of the back-to-the-city movement In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing d…
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…
Hyresrätter och snabbtåg kan få en avgörande betydelse för hur vår framtid gestaltar sig. Det menar urbanteoretikern Richard Florida i denna lättillgängliga och överskådliga genomgång av den ekonomiska krisens historiska orsaker och framtida följder…
Den här boken beskriver framväxten av en ny social klass. Om du är forskare eller ingenjör, arkitekt eller designer, författare, konstnär eller musiker, om din kreativitet är det viktigaste redskapet i ditt arbete i affärsvärlden, utbildnings-sektor…
In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet all is not well, Richard Florida argues in The New Urban Crisis. Florida, one of the first scholars to a…
In his modern classic The Rise of the Creative Class, urbanist Richard Florida identifies the emergence of a new social class that is reshaping the twenty-first century's economy, geography, and workplace. This Creative Class is made up of people-en…
Never before have our cities been as important as they are now. The drivers of innovation and growth, they are essential to the prosperity of nations. But they are also destructive, plunging us into housing crises and deepening inequality. How can w…
In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries…
Cities are both the engines of innovation and the seedbeds of inequality - how can we keep what's good and break free of the bad?
Po mneniju amerikanskogo sotsiologa Richarda Floridy, ekonomicheskij krizis, s kotorym stolknulos chelovechestvo segodnja, mozhet stat zarej novoj epokhi izobretatelnosti i predpriimchivosti. Imenno togda, kogda ekonomika shla na spad, i nachinalsja…
What are the forces that are driving firms and industries to globalize their operations? This volume explores how specific industries have organized their global operations through case studies of seven manufacturing industries: garments and textile…
Her er det så - et værk, der har solgt mere end de fleste romaner, og et stykke forskning, der er blevet hypet mere end selv klonede får og nanoteknologi: Richard Floridas bog om den kreative klasse. I Nordamerika, hvor Florida har…
Not long ago, American manufacturing was in sharp decline. The Big Three carmakers closed dozens of plants, mostly in Michigan and other surrounding states, eliminating more than 250,000 jobs. Another quarter of a million workers lost their jobs in…
This book compares the economic effects of university research in the United States and Japan-countries similar in economic and technological capabilities but different in culture, tradition, and institutional structure.There is intense public inter…
Richard Florida forklarer, hvordan de samme forhold, som er afgørende for regional økonomisk udvikling, udveksling af talent og frisættelse af kreativitet, udspiller sig på den globale scene. Han mener, at USA har grund til…
Uraauurtavassa teoksessaan Luovan luokan esiinmarssi Florida esitteli luovuuden ajan pelisäännöt. Luovan luokan pako nostaa Floridan näkemykset seuraavalle tasolle. Se selittää kuinka alueelliseen talouskehitykseen vaikuttava osaamisvaihto ja inhimi…
Ten years after its first publication, the theory of the Creative Class is more relevant than ever. Now for the first time, this original book is revised and updated for a new generation. First published in 2002, "The Rise of the Creative Class" wea…
Research driven and clearly written, bestselling economist Richard Florida addresses the growing alarm about the exodus of high value jobs from the USA. Today's most valued workers are what economist Richard Florida calls the Creative Class. In his…
In the age of globalization, some claim that where you live doesn't matter: Alaska, Idaho, and Alabama are interchangeable. The world is, after all, flat. Not so fast. Place, argues the great urbanist Richard Florida, is not only important, it's mor…
Reports on the body of research on what qualities of cities and towns actually make people happy in their lives. London to Paris to Cape Town to Sydney, this book offers a useful guide to how people choose where to live, and what those choices mean…
The author of The Rise of the Creative Class examines the significance of place in terms of the global economy and our individual lives, careers, and social networks and includes city rankings by life stage that reveal the best places for singles, f…
The best-selling economist author of The Rise of the Creative Class addresses current trends in high-value jobs leaving the U.S., demonstrating why investment in technology and a civic culture of tolerance are vital to attracting and maintaining a v…
This book explores how deregulation affect housing finance, and gives the broad patterns of development of institutions participating in mortgage markets. It also explores how the new housing finance system influences the cost and affordability of s…
A unique, stunningly illustrated look at the origins, development, and future prospects of citiesMore than half the world's population lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to rise to three-quarters by 2050. Urbanization is a global pheno…
From Richard Florida, author of the bestselling books The Rise of the Creative Class and Who's Your City?, comes a book that frames the economic meltdown of 2008-09 not as a crisis but as an opportunity to "reset." In doing so, he paints a fascinat…
The USA has often failed to capitalise on its technological breakthroughs. This analysis of the weaknesses and strengths of US high technology warns that until the US learns to reconnect research and development with production, foreign companies wi…
Käsitteet luova talous ja luova luokka ovat puhuttaneet kolmen vuoden ajan koko maailmaa. Google-hakukone löytää verkosta Richard Florida haulla miljoonia osumia. Nyt Floridan kansainvälinen myyntimenestys on luettavissa suomeksi. Suomenkielinen pai…
The New Reality of Municipal Finance examines the growth and decline of fiscal dependency in the large cities of the United States. Intergovernmental cities became dependent upon a variety of revenues, primarily from federal and state governments, t…
