Who's Your City? How the Creative Economy Is Making Where You Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

Name: Who's Your City? How the Creative Economy Is Making Where You Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
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ISBN: 9780465003525

ISBN-10: 0465003524

ISBN-13: 9780465003525

Edition: 2008

Authors: Richard Florida

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Itrsquo;s a mantra of the age of globalization that where we live doesnrsquo;t matter. We can innovate just as easily from a ski chalet in Aspen or a beachhouse in Provence as in the office of a Silicon Valley startup. According to Richard Florida, this is wrong. Globalization is not flattening the world; in fact, place is increasingly relevant to the global economy and our individual lives. Where we live determines the jobs and careers we have access to, the people we meet, and the ldquo;mating marketsrdquo; in which we participate. And everything we think we know about cities and their economic roles is up for grabs. Whorsquo;s Your City? offers the first available city rankings by…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 3/11/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English




The Question of Where



Why Place Matters



Spiky World



Rise of the Mega-Region



The Clustering Force



The Wealth of Place



The Mobile and the Rooted



Where the Brains Are



Job-Shift



Superstar Cities



The Geography of Happiness



Shiny Happy Places



Beyond Maslow's City



Cities Have Personalities, Too



Where We Live Now



Three Big Moves



The Young and the Restless



Married with Children



When the Kids Are Gone



Place Yourself


Acknowledgments


Appendices


Notes


Index