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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 class' policies aimed at attracting talent, as well as policies that connect to pathways, place and personal networks. The experiences and po

City planning. --- Urban policy. --- Community development, Urban.

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Addressing one of the hottest trends in real estate-the development of town centers and urban villages with mixed uses in pedestrian-friendly settings-this book will help navigate through the unique design and development issues and reveal how to make all elements work together.

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The book investigates the impact on the competitiveness of cities developing creative industries (arts, media, entertainment, creative business services, architects, publishers, designers) and knowledge-intensive industries (ICT, R&D, finance, law). It provides significant new knowledge to the theoretical and practical understanding of the conditions necessary to stimulate ""creative knowledge"" cities. The editors compare the socio-economic developments, experiences and strategies in 13 urban regions across Europe: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Birmingham, Budapest, Dublin, Helsinki, Leipzig, Milan

City planning. --- Community development, Urban. --- Urban policy. --- Urban economics.

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For decades, neighbourhoods been pivotal sites of social, economic and political exclusion processes, and civil society initiatives, attempting bottom-up strategies of re-development and regeneration. In many cases these efforts resulted in the creation of socially innovative organizations, seeking to satisfy the basic human needs of deprived population groups, to increase their political capabilities and to improve social interaction both internally and between the local communities, the wider urban society and political world. SINGOCOM - Social INnovation GOvernance and COMm

Community development, Urban. --- Neighborhoods --- Urban renewal. --- Social aspects.

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"This book explores why the center cities of Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis have underperformed for more than 40 years, from 1970 to the present. The authors' investigation of how these cities and their residents can escape the poverty trap is informed by quantitative social science research"--

Community development, Urban --- Urban renewal --- Labor supply --- City planning --- Social aspects --- Economic aspects