Florida points to growth and economic dominance of “mega-regions” as his premise and notes in his book’s sub-title that “the creative economy is making where to live the most important decision of your life.”
adminSeptember 3, 2008
New Hampshire and Maine — from Portland south — are considered the “northern edge” of the 500-mile Boston-Washington, D.C., corridor that Richard Florida, author and professor at the University of Toronto’s Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, has found generates $2.2 trillion in economic activity.
adminSeptember 1, 2008
Florida’s main premise in Who’s Your City? is that the world is, in fact, “spiky,” and people make very deliberate decisions about where they live based upon a number of factors.
adminAugust 18, 2008
One of the most interesting and relevant aspects of Who’s Your City? is the interdisciplinary nature of Richard Florida’s research.
adminAugust 16, 2008
For generations of suburban kids raised in traffic, mixed-use and mass transit will define the future.
adminAugust 16, 2008
Globalization and technology have created new options of working from anywhere, but that hasn’t de-emphasized the importance of where a worker lives. Arguably, place is becoming more important.
Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2008)
adminAugust 13, 2008
In Who’s Your City? Richard Florida explains why happiness and the place you live are intrinsically linked.
adminAugust 11, 2008
Throughout and since his successful campaign for Lexington mayor, Jim Newberry has cited the writings of urban studies theorist Richard Florida, whose best-selling Rise of the Creative Class has contributed to a surge of urban revitalization efforts from coast to coast.
adminAugust 8, 2008
Perhaps the most influential in terms of its impact on modern urban planning is US academic Richard Florida’s Rise of the Creative Class, first published in 2002.
adminAugust 7, 2008