The creative class goes global / edited by Charlotta Mellander, Richard Florida, Bjørn T. Asheim and Meric Gertler.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Charlotta Mellander, Richard Florida, Bjørn T. Asheim and Meric Gertler -- Inside the black box of regional development : human capital, the creative class and tolerance / Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick -- Talent, technology and tolerance in Canadian regional development / Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick -- Florida's creative class in a Swedish context : the problem of measuring tolerance and amenity-driven growth / Høgni Kalsø Hansen -- Different creative cities : exploring Danish data to adapt the creative class argument to small welfare economies / Kristina Vaarst Andersen and Mark Lorenzen -- One size fits all? : applying the creative class thesis onto a Nordic context / Kristina Vaarst Andersen, Markus M. Bugge, Høgni Kalsø Hansen, Arne Isaksen and Mika Raunio -- Tolerance, aesthetics, amenities or jobs? : Dutch city attraction to the creative class / Gerard Marlet and Clemens van Woerkens -- The creative class, related variety and economic growth in Dutch city regions / Irina van Aalst, Oedzge Atzema, Ron Boschma and Frank van Oort -- Location, quality of place, and outcomes : applying the "3ts" model to the UK / Nick Clifton -- The geography of creative people in Germany revisited / Michael Fritsch and Michael Stuetzer -- Location of the creative class in seven European countries / Ron Boschma and Michael Fritsch -- The creative class "down under" : exploring the creative class theory in Australia / Kevin M. Stolarick -- Regional development and the creative class in Japan / Hans Westlund and Federica Calidoni -- China's development disconnect / Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Haifeng Qian -- The creative class around the world / Charlotta Mellander, Richard Florida, Bjørn T. Asheim and Meric Gertler.