Regardless of where we look in contemporary society, what is socially and culturally
expected on both the local and global levels is not the general but the particular. What is …

" Be creative!" In der Gegenwartsgesellschaft haben sich die Anforderung und der Wunsch,
kreativ zu sein und schöpferisch Neues hervorzubringen, in ungewöhnlichem Maße …

Die Aufsätze, die dieser Band versammelt, sind zwei Fragestellungen gewidmet, die mich in
den letzten Jahren schwerpunktmäßig beschäftigt haben: Die eine Frage lautet, welche …

In spite of the amount of urban development that followed the Fall of the Wall, Berlin's urban
landscape has remained filled with a large amount of “voids” and disused sites, which have …

Noch nie zuvor haben so viele Menschen in Städten gelebt, und eine globale Architektur
scheint dafür zu sorgen, daß sich die Metropolen immer ähnlicher werden. Zugleich arbeiten …

Many facets of place branding, such as identities, image, promotion or sense of place, have
been around for a long time. However, the need to analyse their nature in the context of …

This book explores the politics of place marketing and the process of 'urban reinvention'in
Berlin between 1989 and 2011. In the context of the dramatic socio-economic restructuring …

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 …

Abstract In recent times, Richard Florida's 'creative class' theory, which deals with a
particular set of regional success factors (technology, talent and tolerance) has received …

The desire of governments for a'renaissance'of their cities is a defining feature of
contemporary urban policy. From Melbourne and Toronto to Johannesburg and Istanbul …