The city as an entertainment machine

Lloyd, Richard; Clark, Terry Nichols

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“…For the most part, geographers and social scientists have viewed the economic geography of talent as a function of employment opportunities and financial incentives. A growing stream of research suggests that amenities, entertainment, and lifestyle considerations are important elements of the ability of cities to attract both firms and people (Glaeser, Kolko, and Saiz 2001;Lloyd 2001;Lloyd and Clark 2001;Florida 2002aFlorida , 2002b. This article explores the economic geography of talent, focusing in particular on the factors that attract human capital or talent.…”

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The Economic Geography of Talent

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2002

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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The distribution of talent, or human capital, is an important factor in economic geography. This article examines the economic geography of talent, exploring the factors that attract talent and its effects on high-technology industry and regional incomes. Talent is defined as individuals with high levels of human capital, measured as the percentage of the population with a bachelor's degree and above. This article advances the hypothesis that talent is attracted by diversity, or what are referred to as low barriers to entry for human capital . To get at this, it introduces a new measure of diversity, referred to as the diversity index, measured as the proportion of gay households in a region. It also introduces a new measure of cultural and nightlife amenities, the coolness index, as well as employing conventional measures of amenities, high-technology industry, and regional income. Statistical research supported by the findings of interviews and focus groups is used to probe these issues. The findings confirm the hypothesis and shed light on both the factors associated with the economic geography of talent and its effects on regional development. The economic geography of talent is highly concentrated. Talent is associated with the diversity index. Furthermore, the economic geography of talent is strongly associated with high-technology industry location. Talent and high-technology industry work independently and together to generate higher regional incomes. In short, talent is a key intermediate variable in attracting high-technology industries and generating higher regional incomes.

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The Economic Geography of Talent

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“…A solução encontrada nas operações de regeneração urbana assenta normalmente num mix de cultura, consumo, entretenimento e capital imobiliário, combinado em doses variáveis (Hannigan, 1998;Fainstein & Judd, 1999;Lloyd & Clark, 2001). Os estudos desenvolvidos sobre os espaços e as formas construídas da regeneração urbana, sejam frentes ribeirinhas e docas renovadas (Goss, 1996;Edwards et al, 2008), centros das cidades revitalizados (Lloyd, 2002;Skoll & Korstanje, 2014), locais de megaeventos (Beriatos & Gospodini, 2004), ou projetos de 'redesenvolvimento' urbano em áreas abandonadas ou com usos obsoletos (Tallon, 2010), mostram um forte investimento nos aspetos da memória e do design, o que diz muito sobre o vínculo da regeneração urbana à "economia dos signos" (Lash & Urry, 1994) e, por conseguinte, ao turismo.…”

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O Hotel Santiago De Alfama Como Alegoria Da Política Recente De Regeneração Urbana

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Brito-Henriques

2018

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RESUMO -Este artigo tem por objetivo discutir a turistificação urbana, nas suas relações com o urbanismo neoliberal e a reestruturação urbana no capitalismo globalizado, procurando mais particularmente averiguar o papel que a iniciativa JESSICA, enquanto instrumento de política neoliberal para a regeneração urbana, teve na turistificação da cidade de Lisboa. O artigo baseia -se numa metodologia de investigação micro -geográfica, procedendo a um estudo de caso detalhado, com a reconstituição da biografia de um edifício que foi recentemente convertido para hotel de luxo com financiamento JESSICA. O estudo mostra que, nessa mudança funcional, ocorreu uma elitização do local, e que a turistificação veio ocupar o vazio deixado após um longo período de desinvestimento e abandono gradual do edifício. O estudo conclui ainda que a turistificação deve ser vista como uma consequência e um reflexo da globalização na transformação da cidade, e que o fundo JESSICA não encaminhou mas antes se limitou a coadjuvar uma intenção de investimento que já estava latente.Palavras -chave: turistificação; regeneração urbana; iniciativa JESSICA; biografia de edifícios. ABSTRACT -THE SANTIAGO DE ALFAMA HOTEL AS AN ALLEGORY OF THERECENT URBAN REGENERATION POLICY. This paper aims to discuss the process of urban touristification, and its relationship with neoliberal urbanism and urban restructuring in the era of global capitalism. In particular, the paper examines the role played by the Jessica initiative, as an instrument of neoliberal policy for the urban regeneration, in the touristification of the Lisbon city. This paper is based on a micro -geographical investigation, in which a detailed case study was conducted to reconstitute the biography of a building that has recently been converted into a luxury hotel using Jessica financing. The study shows that under this functional change there was an elitization of the locale and that touristification filled the void left after a long period of disinvestment and a gradual abandonment of the building. The study concludes that touristification should be seen as a consequence and a reflection of globalizing processes underlying the transformation of the city. The Jessica Fund did not guide but merely assist the investment intention that was already latent.Keywords: Touristification; urban regeneration; JESSICA initiative; house biographies.RESUMÉ -L'HÔTEL SANTIAGO DE ALFAMA, EN TANT QUE SYMBOLE DE LA POLITIQUE RÉCENTE DE RÉGÉNÉRATION URBAINE. On a cherché ici à comprendre le phénomène de «touristification» urbaine, dans le cadre de l'urbanisation néolibérale et de la restructuration urbaine liée au capitalisme mondialisé. On a cherché en particulier quel fut le rôle de l'initiative JESSICA, cet instrument de la politique néolibérale pour la rénovation urbaine, dans la «touristification» de la ville de Lisbonne. La méthode de recherche a été micro -géographique, par la réalisation d'une étude de cas détaillée, la reconstitution «biographique» d'un immeuble récemment converti en hôtel de luxe grâce ...

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“…of debates about the city as a Bgrowth machine^ (Molotch 1976;Logan and Molotch 2007), the city as an Bentertainment machine^ (Lloyd and Clark 2001;Clark 2004), and the rise of the Bcreative class^ (Florida 2002;Florida 2014) is on social phenomena such as land markets, consumption, culture, and human capital. The city is a container for social processes such as cultural consumption, competition, or collaboration between agencies (e.g.…”

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Moving from Urban Sociology to the Sociology of the City

2015

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Castell's claim that urban sociology has no subject matter has yet to be refuted. In this article, I argue that urban sociology should be understood as the sociology of the city. Rather than focusing on social problems within an urban context, urban sociologists need to treat the city as an autonomous social unit. The main task for the sociology of the city is to explain similarities and differences across individual cities and urban groups and to identify how these affect social life and collectivities. I illustrate this argument by exploring the urban production of trust. Treating the city as the unit of analysis, I show how trust matters for cities and how cities produce trust.Keywords Urban sociology . Sociology of the city . The city . TrustThere is general agreement that today's urban sociology, and North American urban sociology in particular, is in crisis. Instead of a dominant and substantive area, urban sociological study has focused on urban life around, for example, race, poverty, crime, immigration, and sexuality (Perry and Harding 2002). Without a clear research focus urban sociology will continue to lose its supremacy within urban studies (Amin 2007; Le Gales 2005; Sassen 2010). This crisis has led a number of leading urban theorists to reflect on the future of urban sociology (Castells

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The city as an entertainment machine

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The Economic Geography of Talent

O Hotel Santiago De Alfama Como Alegoria Da Política Recente De Regeneração Urbana

Moving from Urban Sociology to the Sociology of the City

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