Seeking Talent for Creative Cities
The Social Dynamics of Innovation
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2014
- Category
- Urban, Cultural Policy, General, City Planning & Urban Development
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781442615441
- Publish Date
- Jan 2014
- List Price
- $42.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781442647343
- Publish Date
- Feb 2014
- List Price
- $79.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442667945
- Publish Date
- Feb 2014
- List Price
- $32.95
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Description
With the growth of knowledge-based economies, cities across the globe must compete to attract and retain the most talented workers. Seeking Talent for Creative Cities offers a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the diverse, dynamic factors that affect cities’ ability to achieve this goal.
Based on a comparative national study of 16 Canadian cities, this volume systematically evaluates the concerns facing workers operating in a range of creative endeavours. It draws on interviews, surveys, and census data collected over a six-year research program conducted by experts in business, public policy, urban studies, and communications studies to identify the characteristics and features of particular city-regions that influence these workers’ mobility and satisfaction. Seeking Talent for Creative Cities represents a rigorously empirical test of popular wisdom on the true relationship between urban development and economic competitiveness.
About the author
Jill L. Grant is a professor in the School of Planning at Dalhousie University.