TY - BOOK AU - Bontje,Marco Arjan AU - Musterd,Sako AU - Pelzer,Peter ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Inventive city-regions: path dependence and creative knowledge strategies T2 - Urban and regional planning and development series AV - HT395.E8 B66 2011eb U1 - 307.1/216094 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Farnham, England, Burlington, Vt. PB - Ashgate KW - Regional planning KW - Europe KW - City planning KW - Economic development KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Research design and methodology -- Framing the cases: comparative facts and figures -- Amsterdam: social and political obstacles on the road towards a creative knowledge region -- Munich: the tricky luxury of long-lasting success -- Helsinki: beyond the Nokia revolution -- Barcelona: competitiveness vs. sustainability -- Manchester: phoenix from the ashes? -- Birmingham: overcoming modernism and the shadow of London -- Leipzig: a confusing mix of growth and shrinkage -- Conclusions; pathways, strengths and strategies; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10438467 ER -