Creative Milieux: How Urban Design Nurtures Creative Clusters

The so-called?creative industries? are increasingly being presented as an important tool of urban regeneration and economic development. Until now, research on the clustering of such activities has been limited to economics, geography and urban policy. This book is the first to gather together emerging research in urban design and spatial planning that explores what characteristics of the built form of cities support the distinctive activity patterns of various creative industries, and how and why they cluster together at a range of local scales. The book offers detailed case studies and comparative analyses of creative city neighbourhoods on five continents. Contributions examine urban forms, building types, and other qualities of place that attract and retain creative workers and foster creative production, outlining a range of methodologies for studying them. Taken altogether, Creative Milieux offers new insights for urban design practice, and for its role in wider urban policy. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Urban Design.Additional ISBNs9781315678054, 9781317390015, 9781317390039, 9781138934368Creative Milieux: How Urban Design Nurtures Creative Clusters 1st Edition is written by Quentin Stevens and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Creative Milieux are 9781317390022, 1317390024 and the print ISBNs are 9781138106666, 1138106666. Additional ISBNs include 9781315678054, 9781317390015, 9781317390039, 9781138934368.