Handbook of Creative Regions
Will be published approx. on 9. December 2025
Book
Hardback
466 pages
978-1-0353-1787-5 (ISBN)
Description
This pioneering Handbook brings together experts from a broad array of disciplines to explore creative regions worldwide. Pairing theoretical and practical insights, it presents an integrated and multidimensional account of the creative region, addressing major issues surrounding the concept and proposing a future research agenda.
Through global analyses and case studies from both developing and developed regions, this Handbook studies the origins of the concept of creative regions in scientific literature and policymaking, shedding light on the global geographies of creativity from metropolitan regions to the rural-urban divide. It also examines the positive and adverse effects of creativity on the well-being and the economy of regions, as well as the technological and social dimensions of creative geographies, including the role of artificial intelligence.
This Handbook is an essential resource for scholars of regional economics and regional studies, economic geography and cultural economics. It also provides insightful strategies for regional policymakers, urban planners, economic developers and cultural and creative managers.
Through global analyses and case studies from both developing and developed regions, this Handbook studies the origins of the concept of creative regions in scientific literature and policymaking, shedding light on the global geographies of creativity from metropolitan regions to the rural-urban divide. It also examines the positive and adverse effects of creativity on the well-being and the economy of regions, as well as the technological and social dimensions of creative geographies, including the role of artificial intelligence.
This Handbook is an essential resource for scholars of regional economics and regional studies, economic geography and cultural economics. It also provides insightful strategies for regional policymakers, urban planners, economic developers and cultural and creative managers.
Reviews / Votes
'By analysing the genesis of a large variety of concepts at the cross yard of creativity and space - such as city-regions, creative metropolitan areas, creative digital ecosystems - the book provides a rich collection of chapters dealing with the positive and negative side of creativity in space. The book delves into new interesting topics like the rise of creative regions in BRIC countries and the AI-powered creativity.' -- Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano, President of ERSAMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-1787-5 (9781035317875)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Rafael Boix-Domenech, Professor of Economic Structure, Department of Economic Structure, University of Valencia, Spain and Luciana Lazzeretti, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Management, Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Italy
Content
Contents
1 Introduction: creative regions in the 21st century 1
Rafael Boix-Domenech and Luciana Lazzeretti
2 In search of the creative grail: methodological issues to understand what
creativity is, how to measure it and how to use it in policy strategies for
creative regions 22
Pau Rausell-Koester
3 A worldwide geography of creative regions 43
Rafael Boix
4 Creative regions in the European Union 70
Andrea Gallelli
5 Creative regions in China: trends and issues 90
Qianni Feng, Chuan Li and Jing Wang
6 Creative ties: the global network of local innovation 111
Ernest Miguelez, Julio Raffo, Christian Chacua, Massimiliano Coda-
Zabetta, Deyun Yin, Francesco Lissoni and Gianluca Tarasconi
7 Creative megaregions in the world 143
Vittorio Galletto, Joan Marull Lopez, Joan Trullen Thomas and Rafael
Boix-Domenech
8 Creative Industries mapping via creative intensity perspective: the case of
Brazil 158
Leandro Valiati, Gustavo Moeller and Camila Cauzzi
9 The economic effect of CCIs: in search of global creative regions 173
Fernando Alvarez-Teresa
10 The role of cultural and creative industries in promoting regional well-
being 195
Jordi Sanjuan
11 Exploring artificial intelligence in creative regions:. a literature review 213
Luciana Lazzeretti, Stefania Oliva and Niccolo Innocenti
12 Path dependence and creative industries 229
Jue Peng and Robert Hassink
13 The transition of a territorial to a digital-based ecosystem driven by
creativity: Florianopolis - from magic island to silicon island 247
Dinora Eliete Floriani Beatrice Ma Zanellato Fonseca Mayer and
Silvio Luis de Vasconcellos
14 Defining different contexts for women entrepreneurs in creative and high-
tech sectors of high-income countries 268
Blanca de-Miguel-Molina and Maria de-Miguel-Molina
15 Questionable relations: on financial violator 'assemblages' in the global
economy 290
Philip Cooke
16 Creative regions in digital worlds: an empirical analysis of creative design
in video games creation 306
Alessandro Muscio and Michele Rinaldi
17 Leveraging technological change to renew creative regions: the case of
Montreal 322
Etienne Capron, Patrick Cohendet and Laurent Simon
18 The creative region of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona 336
Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod, Eva Coll-Martinez, Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway
19 Creative clusters and sparse spaces: Manchester's creative industries and
the geographies of deprivation and prosperity 360
Bruce S. Tether
20 The promotion of audiovisual creation in Latin America 400
Alejandra Luzardo
21 Do not frighten the creatives: mass shootings and employment in the arts,
entertainment and recreation sector in the United States 421
Carlos Gayan-Navarro and Marcos Sanso-Navarro
1 Introduction: creative regions in the 21st century 1
Rafael Boix-Domenech and Luciana Lazzeretti
2 In search of the creative grail: methodological issues to understand what
creativity is, how to measure it and how to use it in policy strategies for
creative regions 22
Pau Rausell-Koester
3 A worldwide geography of creative regions 43
Rafael Boix
4 Creative regions in the European Union 70
Andrea Gallelli
5 Creative regions in China: trends and issues 90
Qianni Feng, Chuan Li and Jing Wang
6 Creative ties: the global network of local innovation 111
Ernest Miguelez, Julio Raffo, Christian Chacua, Massimiliano Coda-
Zabetta, Deyun Yin, Francesco Lissoni and Gianluca Tarasconi
7 Creative megaregions in the world 143
Vittorio Galletto, Joan Marull Lopez, Joan Trullen Thomas and Rafael
Boix-Domenech
8 Creative Industries mapping via creative intensity perspective: the case of
Brazil 158
Leandro Valiati, Gustavo Moeller and Camila Cauzzi
9 The economic effect of CCIs: in search of global creative regions 173
Fernando Alvarez-Teresa
10 The role of cultural and creative industries in promoting regional well-
being 195
Jordi Sanjuan
11 Exploring artificial intelligence in creative regions:. a literature review 213
Luciana Lazzeretti, Stefania Oliva and Niccolo Innocenti
12 Path dependence and creative industries 229
Jue Peng and Robert Hassink
13 The transition of a territorial to a digital-based ecosystem driven by
creativity: Florianopolis - from magic island to silicon island 247
Dinora Eliete Floriani Beatrice Ma Zanellato Fonseca Mayer and
Silvio Luis de Vasconcellos
14 Defining different contexts for women entrepreneurs in creative and high-
tech sectors of high-income countries 268
Blanca de-Miguel-Molina and Maria de-Miguel-Molina
15 Questionable relations: on financial violator 'assemblages' in the global
economy 290
Philip Cooke
16 Creative regions in digital worlds: an empirical analysis of creative design
in video games creation 306
Alessandro Muscio and Michele Rinaldi
17 Leveraging technological change to renew creative regions: the case of
Montreal 322
Etienne Capron, Patrick Cohendet and Laurent Simon
18 The creative region of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona 336
Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod, Eva Coll-Martinez, Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway
19 Creative clusters and sparse spaces: Manchester's creative industries and
the geographies of deprivation and prosperity 360
Bruce S. Tether
20 The promotion of audiovisual creation in Latin America 400
Alejandra Luzardo
21 Do not frighten the creatives: mass shootings and employment in the arts,
entertainment and recreation sector in the United States 421
Carlos Gayan-Navarro and Marcos Sanso-Navarro