Creative Cities and the New Global Hierarchy

The world experienced three major urbanization processes between the eleventh and the twentieth century. All three periods of city growth were associated with revolutionary improvements in the logistical systems. In large parts of the world the third logistical revolution (the Industrial Revolution)...

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Published in:Applied spatial analysis and policy 2015-09, Vol.8 (3), p.181-198
Main Authors: Andersson, Åke E., Andersson, David Emanuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Creative Society
Economic development
Global cities
Hierarchies
Human Geography
Industrialization
Institutions
Inter-regional inequality
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Logistical revolution
Post-industrial
Regional/Spatial Science
Social Sciences
Tolerance
Trust
Urban growth
Urbanization
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Summary:The world experienced three major urbanization processes between the eleventh and the twentieth century. All three periods of city growth were associated with revolutionary improvements in the logistical systems. In large parts of the world the third logistical revolution (the Industrial Revolution) has not yet come to an end. In industrializing countries and regions urbanization is thus very rapid. Concurrently, a new and fourth logistical revolution is changing the economic, social and regional structure of the post-industrial parts of the world, leading to the creation of a new Creative Society. A key aspect of this development is the increasing role of creative and innovative city regions with global linkages. These regions now form a new supranational rank-size distribution, which is centred on a few conurbations in Europe, North America and East Asia. Most post-industrial economic development is taking place in a small number of highly ranked creative regions, while other regions are suffering from the “creative destruction” of their traditional industries. One consequence of this restructuring is increasing regional income inequalities in the post-industrial nations.
ISSN:1874-463X
1874-4621
1874-4621
DOI:10.1007/s12061-015-9141-7