Canadian Journal of Regional Science articles from September 2007

Canadian Journal of Regional Science archives from September 2007

Letter from the editor/Letter du directeur de la revue.(Editorial)
September 22, 2007... January 2008 This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Regional Science deals with another aspect of knowledge cities, the role and importance of the creative class. As with many themes in regional science, the role of the creative...

Introduction: concerning the creative class/Introduction: sur la classe creative.
September 22, 2007... Since the release in 2002 of his book The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida has given conferences in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere in the world expounding on the blessings of the creative class (a theory of his own yet noticeably...

Creative occupations, county-level earnings and the U.S. rural-urban wage gap/Des occupations creatives, les revenues au niveau des comtes et la disparite salariale entre milieu urbain et rural aux E.-U.
September 22, 2007... Abstract This paper investigates the relationships among county-level earnings, employment in creative occupations and the U.S. rural-urban wage gap. We find that the proportion of county-level employment in Florida's super-creative core...

Skills, capital and connections, too: a regional social environment perspective of women entrepreneurs */Les competences, le capital et les connections aussi; une perspective regionale socio-environnementale sur les femmes entrepreneures.(Survey)
September 22, 2007... Abstract In recent years, the field of regional economic analysis has focused on the social and cultural environment of a place to explain variations in innovative activity, entrepreneurial dynamics, and economic growth. Richard Florida...

The wrong stuff? Creative class theory and economic performance in UK cities/Ce qui ne marche pas? La theorie de la classe creative et la performance economique dans les villes au R.-U.
September 22, 2007... Abstract Richard Florida's 'creative class' theory suggests that diverse, tolerant, 'cool' cities will outperform others. Ethnic minorities, gay people and counter-culturalists attract high-skilled professionals: the presence of this...

A look beyond metropolis: exploring creative class in the Canadian periphery */Une perspective au dela de la metropole: Une exploration de la classe creative dans la peripherie canadienne.
September 22, 2007... Abstract This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the creative class in the Canadian periphery. It builds on innovation systems and institutional geography literatures to argue that, because of its transformative role, the creative...

Le developpement socio-economique de Montreal: la cite creative et la carriere artistique comme facteurs d'attraction?(study of Montreal as a city that attracts creative people, jobs )(Critical essay)
September 22, 2007... Abstract Some authors, including Richard Florida, believe that cities compete to attract talent and that the creative cities are the only ones with any real future. Our article aims at testing Richard Florida's hypothesis by which he...

Classe creative et interdisciplinarite: une critique meritee.(Richard Florida's creative class theory)(Critical essay)
September 22, 2007... Abstract The creative class theory rests on the advances of the knowledge society and, without much insistence, on university training. The creative class is a social class on which would depend economic development and growth, and its...