This book analyses the economic development of cities from the `cultural economy’ and `creative industry’ perspectives, examining and differentiating them as two related but distinct segments of contemporary city economies.

Contents: Preface Creative Cities: An Introduction Philip Cooke and Luciana Lazzeretti PART I: CULTURAL DISTRICTS, CULTURAL CLUSTERS AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. Culture, Clusters, Districts and Quarters: Some Reflections on the Scale Question Philip Cooke 2. Cultural Resources and Regional Development: The Case of the Cultural Legacy of Watchmaking Leïla Kebir and Olivier Crevoisier 3. Cultural Clusters and Districts: The State of the Art Tommaso Cinti 4. The Cultural Districtualization Model Luciana Lazzeretti 5. Collective Trademarks and Cultural Districts: The Case of San Gregorio Armeno, Naples Tiziana Cuccia, Massimo Marrelli and Walter Santagata 6. Fixed Book Pricing in Spain: A Debate between Economic Efficiency and Cultural Diversity Maria Luisa Palma Martos and Luís Palma Martos 7. Why do Cultural Industries Cluster? Localization, Urbanization, Products and Projects Mark Lorenzen and Lars Frederiksen PART II: KNOWLEDGE, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 8. Creativity, Innovation and Territorial Agglomeration in Cultural Activities: The Roots of the Creative City Pedro Costa 9. Knowledge Externalities and Networks of Cities in the Creative Metropolis Joan Trullén and Rafael Boix 10. The Management of ‘Events’ in the Veneto Performing Music Cluster: Bridging Latent Networks and Permanent Organizations Fiorenza Belussi and Silvia Rita Sedita 11. Creative Clusters and Governance: The Dominance of the Hollywood Film Cluster Lisa De Propris and Laura Hypponen 12. The Creative City: A Matter of Values Richard Smith and Katie Warfield 13. Evolving Singapore: The Creative City Hing Ai Yun 14. Mapping and Analysing Creative Systems in Italy (1991–2001) Francesco Capone Index