Who's your city? : how the creative economy is making where to live the most important decision of your life / Richard Florida.

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Florida, Richard L.

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Who's your city? : how the creative economy is making where to live the most important decision of your life / Richard Florida.

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Description:

viii, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The question of where -- pt. 1. Why place matters -- 2. Spiky world -- 3. Rise of the mega-region -- 4. The clustering force -- pt. 2. The wealth of place -- 5. The mobile and the rooted -- 6. Where the brains are -- 7. Job-shift -- 8. Superstar cities -- pt. 3. The geography of happiness -- 9. Shiny happy places -- 10. Beyond Maslow's city -- 11. Cities have personalities, too -- pt. 4. Where we live now -- 12. Three big moves -- 13. The young and the restless -- 14. Married with children -- 15. When the kids are gone -- 16. Place yourself -- Acknowledgments -- Appendices -- Notes -- Index.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Globalization is not flattening the world; in fact, place is increasingly relevant to the global economy and our individual lives. Who's Your City? offers the first available city rankings by life-stage, rating the best places for singles, families, and empty-nesters to reside.--From amazon.com.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Additional Information at Google Books

ISBN:

9780465003525
0465003524 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Human geography.
Human geography Economic aspects.
Globalization Economic aspects.
Mondialisation.
Kommunale Kulturpolitik
Kreativität
Stadtleben
Stadtmarketing
USA

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256047
Call No.: BIB 186333
Status: Available

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