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).

"On the whole, The Creative Capital of Cities makes a valuable contribution to the urban economic literature. It provides a critical and quite comprehensive overview of a number of issues that have so far been left too much aside in the current debate."  (J Hous and the Built Environ, 8 September 2012)

• List of Illustrations vii Series Editors’ Preface xIntroduction 11 Creativity and Innovation under the Command of Capital 12The Capitalist Imperative of Creativity and Innovation 12Generalizing Models of Urban Economic Development 18The Role of Innovation and Interurban Competition in Harvey’s Theory of Capitalist Urbanization 24Conclusion 342 Creative Cities as a New Urban Growth Ideology: The Impact of Creative Occupations on Regional Economic Success 37Introduction 37Critique of Florida’s Conception of the Creative Class 39An Assessment of Regional Economic Success Factors and the Impact of Creative Workers on Regional Development 47The Impact of Creative Occupational Groups on Regional Economic Development in Germany 52Relationship between “Qualities of Place” and the Regional Concentration of Scientifically and Technologically Creative Workers 77Conclusion 883 Innovation and Knowledge Networks in a Metropolitan Region: The Impact of Localization Economies and Networking on Technological Creativity 92Introduction 92Innovation and Knowledge Networks: Theoretical Approaches 97The Application of Network Analysis to Urban Regions’ Knowledge Networks 104Geographic Scales and Structural Properties of Knowledge Networks in the Metropolitan Region of Hanover 109Assessment of Network Impacts on Regional Firms’ Innovation Output 121Conclusion 1254 Creativity in the Culture and Media Industries: The Impact of Commercial Imperatives on Artistic Creativity 128Introduction 128The Institutional Order of the Cultural Economy: Creativity in a Capitalist Context 131Global Centers of the Culture Industry and the Production of Lifestyle Images 146Conclusion 1555 Local Clustering of the Cultural Economy in the Metropolis of Berlin: The Urbanization Economies of Artistically Creative Occupations 158Introduction 158The Rise of the Cultural Economy in Berlin’s Inner-City Area 163Creative Cities and the Role of the Culture Industries in Urban Economic and Spatial Development: Implications for Urban Regeneration 183Conclusion 1916 Synthesis: The Creative Capital of Cities 194Appendix: Grouping of Occupations and Subsectors 208References 219Index 234