This book analyses the economic development of cities from the 'cultural economy' and 'creative industry' perspectives, examining and differentiating them as two related but distinct segments of contemporary city economies. The authors argue that although they are normally conflated, the first is largely subsidised while the second is highly entrepreneurial, hence they actually make very different kinds of contribution to a city's character, attractiveness and competitiveness."Creative Cities, Cultural Clusters and Local Economic Development" also examines the nature of agglomeration economies drawing on evidence from two types of clustering activity based in the cultural economy. The first type is exemplified in the chapter analysing the long-established Florentine art restoration cluster beside the Arno that exports its services globally to other art cities such as Kyoto. The second type is denoted by creative industry clusters such as new media, film-making and music in a variety of city contexts. The book concludes with an invaluable review and mapping of these developments in relation to their contributions to the city economies, labour markets and societies in which they operate. The book will appeal to academics and scholars of urban and regional studies and cultural economics. Policymakers and others involved in the creative industries and the cultural economy will also find much to engage them
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Creative cities: an introduction by Philip Cooke and Luciana Luzzeretti 1
Pt. I Cultural Districts, Cultural Clusters and Local Economic Development
1 Culture, clusters, districts and quarters: some reflections on the scale question by Philip Cooke 25
2 Cultural resources and regional development: the case of the cultural legacy of watchmaking by Leila Kebir and Olivier Crevoisier 48
3 Cultural clusters and districts: the state of the art by Tommaso Cinti 70
4 The cultural districtualization model by Luciana Lazzeretti 93
5 Collective trademarks and cultural districts: the case of San Gregorio Armeno, Naples by Tiziana Cuccia and Massimo Marrelli and Walter Santagata 121
6 Fixed book pricing in Spain: a debate between economic efficiency and cultural diversity by Maria Luisa Palma Martos and Luis Palma Martos 137
7 Why do cultural industries cluster? Localization, urbanization, products and projects by Mark Lorenzen and Lars Frederiksen 155
Pt. II Knowledge, Creative Industries and Local Economic Development
8 Creativity, innovation and territorial agglomeration in cultural activities: the roots of the creative city by Pedro Costa 183
9 Knowledge externalities and networks of cities in the creative metropolis by Joan Trullen and Rafael Boix 211
10 The management of 'events' in the Veneto performing music cluster: bridging latent networks and permanent organizations by Fiorenza Belussi and Silvia Rita Sedita 237
11 Creative clusters and governance: the dominance of the Hollywood film cluster by Lisa De Propris and Laura Hypponen 258
12 The creative city: a matter of values by Richard Smith and Katie Warfield 287
13 Evolving Singapore: the creative city by Hing Ai Yun 313
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