The New Wealth of Cities : City Dynamics and the Fifth Wave (Paperback)

Contents: Preface: an explanation; Theory: Two Inter-locking Theories of City Development: Introduction; A general model of city dynamics; The long waves of city development; City dynamics; Old money and new work. Economy: The New Economy and the Creative Industries: The economy of cities; Knowledge economies and post-Fordism; The cultural or creative industries; The rise of London's creative industries; Local economic development of the creative industries. Culture: Art and the City: Artistic creativity; Artistic movements; Cities and artistic creativity; The arts and urban regeneration; Artistic creativity and the long waves. Time: The Regulation of Public Morality: On Time: Public social life and the evening economy; Night-time cities; The problem of regulation; Public morality and the long waves; New regulation of the night-time city?. Place: The Art of Place-Making and Urban Design: Place matters; Losing the place; City building; Urban design; Place in the fifth wave. Creative Milieux: Quarters and Clusters: Creative milieux; Cultural quarters; Planned cultural quarters; A typology for developing cultural and creative industry quarters; Creative milieu in the fifth wave. Cities of the Fifth Wave: Summary argument; Fifth wave cities; City dynamics and place-making; Renaissance or enlightenment?; Index.