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Beschäftigt man sich als StadtsoziologIn mit der Frage, was Städte zu Orten des Neuen, der Kreativität und Innovation macht und welchen Zusammenhang es zwischen kreativen Prozessen und dem städtischen Raum gibt, dann kommt man nicht umhin, den amerikanischen Wirtschaftsgeograph Richard Florida und seine 2002 erschienene Publikation The Rise of the Creative Class zu erwähnen. Florida gilt als der zentrale Broker und Transferagent für die Idee einer Stadtentwicklung durch Kreativität, der nicht müde wurde, seine Ideen weltweit auf Konferenzen und vor städtischen Vertretern vorzutragen. Zugleich gab es in der letzten zehn Jahren keinen Stadtforscher der wissenschaftlich so polarisiert hat, wie Florida mit seiner These der Kreativen Klasse, die er erstmalig in seinen Aufsätzen Bohemia and Economic Geography (2002a) sowie The Economic Geography of Talent (2002b) und schließlich in seinem Buch The Rise of the Creative Class im Jahr 2002 publiziert hat.

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Merkel, J. (2017). Richard Florida: The Rise of the Creative Class. In: Eckardt, F. (eds) Schlüsselwerke der Stadtforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10438-2_5

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