Centrality and creativity: Does Richard Florida's creative class offer new insights into Urban Hierarchy?

Economic Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-390

  Lorenzen, Mark ^a   Andersen, Kristina Vaarst ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Creative class; Market size thresholds; Rank size rule; Urban amenities; Urban hierarchy

Indexed keywords

CLASS; DATABASE; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; THRESHOLD;

EUROPE;

EID: 72749116182     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2009.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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