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…
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?
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…
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…
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…
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…
In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the CreativeClass, 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 d…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
