Seeking Talent for Creative Cities: The Social Dynamics of Innovation (Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-regions) - Softcover

Jill Grant

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442615443 ISBN 13: 9781442615441

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2014

Synopsis

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 this title

About the Author:

Jill L. Grant is a professor in the School of Planning at Dalhousie University.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1442615443
• ISBN 13: 9781442615441
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Jill Grant