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https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.24962
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2014
viii, 103 p. : maps
Masters Thesis
Academic theses
Text
United States--Economic conditions--21st century.
United States--Social conditions--1980-
Urban Planning
creative cities
Creative Class
creative economy
Human Capital
Knowledge workers
Creative ability in technology--United States--History--21st century.
Creative ability in technology
Human capital--United States--History--21st century.
Human Capital
Human geography--United States--History--21st century.
Human geography
eng
De Luca, Anthony J., Jr
Mack, Elizabeth A.
Arreola, Daniel
Rey, Sergio
Talen, Emily
Arizona State University
Partial requirement for: M.U.E.P., Arizona State University, 2014
Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-63)
Field of study: Urban and environmental planning
There are many different approaches to the analysis of regional economic growth potential. One of the more recent is the theory of the creative class, and its impact on creative centers. Much of the criticism surrounding this theory is in how the creative class is defined and measured. The goal of this thesis is to explore alternate definitions to better understand how these variations impact the ranking of creative centers as well as their location through space and time. This is important given the proliferation of rankings as a benchmarking tool for economic development efforts. In order to test the sensitivity that the creative class has to definitional changes, a new set of rankings of creative centers are provided based on an alternate definition of creative employment, and compared to Richard Florida's original rankings. Findings show that most cities are not substantially affected by the alternate definitions derived in this study. However, it is found that particular cities do show sensitivity to comparisons made to Florida's definition, with the same cities experiencing greater variations in rank over time.
Exploring definitional, spatial, and temporal issues associated with the creative class and related variations in creative centers