Stefan Krätke 
The Creative Capital of Cities [PDF ebook] 
Interactive Knowledge Creation and the Urbanization Economies of Innovation

This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative
class and creative industries from a critical urban theory
perspective.



* Critiques Richard Florida’s popular books about cities and the
creative class

* Presents an alternative approach based on analyses of empirical
research data concerning the German urban system and the case study
regions, Hanover and Berlin

* Underscores that the culture industry takes a leading role in
conforming with neoliberal conceptions of labor markets

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List of Illustrations vii

Series Editors’ Preface x

Introduction 1

1 Creativity and Innovation under the Command of Capital
12

The Capitalist Imperative of Creativity and Innovation 12

Generalizing Models of Urban Economic Development 18

The Role of Innovation and Interurban Competition in
Harvey’s Theory of Capitalist Urbanization 24

Conclusion 34

2 Creative Cities as a New Urban Growth Ideology: The Impact
of Creative Occupations on Regional Economic Success 37

Introduction 37

Critique of Florida’s Conception of the Creative Class
39

An Assessment of Regional Economic Success Factors and the
Impact of Creative Workers on Regional Development 47

The Impact of Creative Occupational Groups on Regional Economic
Development in Germany 52

Relationship between ‘Qualities of Place’ and the
Regional Concentration of Scientifically and Technologically
Creative Workers 77

Conclusion 88

3 Innovation and Knowledge Networks in a Metropolitan Region:
The Impact of Localization Economies and Networking on
Technological Creativity 92

Introduction 92

Innovation and Knowledge Networks: Theoretical Approaches 97

The Application of Network Analysis to Urban Regions’
Knowledge Networks 104

Geographic Scales and Structural Properties of Knowledge
Networks in the Metropolitan Region of Hanover 109

Assessment of Network Impacts on Regional Firms’
Innovation Output 121

Conclusion 125

4 Creativity in the Culture and Media Industries: The Impact
of Commercial Imperatives on Artistic Creativity 128

Introduction 128

The Institutional Order of the Cultural Economy: Creativity in a
Capitalist Context 131

Global Centers of the Culture Industry and the Production of
Lifestyle Images 146

Conclusion 155

5 Local Clustering of the Cultural Economy in the Metropolis
of Berlin: The Urbanization Economies of Artistically Creative
Occupations 158

Introduction 158

The Rise of the Cultural Economy in Berlin’s Inner-City
Area 163

Creative Cities and the Role of the Culture Industries in Urban
Economic and Spatial Development: Implications for Urban
Regeneration 183

Conclusion 191

6 Synthesis: The Creative Capital of Cities 194

Appendix: Grouping of Occupations and Subsectors 208

References 219

Index 234

关于作者

Stefan Krätke is Professor of Economic and Social Geography at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt, Germany. He is the author of a wide variety of publications, in both German and English, that include The Metropolization of the European Urban System in the Era of Globalization (2007) and City of Talents? Berlin’s Regional Economy, Socio-spatial Fabric and ‘Worst Practice’ Urban Governance (2004).