Place-Making and Policies for Competitive Cities

by Sako Musterd

Urban policy makers are increasingly striving to strengthen the economic competitiveness of their cities. Currently, they do that mainly in the field of the creative knowledge economy - arts, media, entertainment, creative business services, architecture, publishing, design; and ICT, R&D, finance, and law. This book is about the policies that help to realise such objectives: policies driven by classic location theory, cluster policies, 'creative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470675039
• ISBN13: 9780470675038
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.7"