Creatives after the crash

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-21

  Donald, Betsy ^a   Gertler, Meric S ^b   Tyler, Peter ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

creative class; creative economy; creative work; Great Recession; urban economic development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING; OCCUPATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 84874328793     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rss023     Document Type: Article

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