The Creative Class Goes Global

1. IntroductionCharlotta Mellander and Richard Florida 2. Inside the Black Box of Regional Development: Human capital, the creative class and toleranceRichard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick  3. Talent, Technology and Tolerance in Canadian Regional DevelopmentRichard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick  4. Florida''s Creative Class in a Swedish Context: The problem of measuring tolerance and amenity-driven growthHogni Kalso Hansen  5. Different Creative Cities: Exploring Danish data to adapt the creative class argument to small welfare economiesKristina Vaarst Andersen and Mark Lorenzen  6. One Size Fits All? Applying the creative class thesis onto a Nordic contextKristina Vaarst Andersen, Markus M. Bugge, Hogni Kalso Hansen, Arne Isaksen and Mika Raunio  7. Tolerance, Aesthetics, Amenities or Jobs? Dutch city attraction to the creative classGerard Marlet and Clemens van Woerkens 8. The Creative Class, Related Variety and Economic Growth in Dutch City RegionsIrina van Aalst, Oedzge Atzema, Ron Boschma and Frank van Oort  9. Location, Quality of Place, and Outcomes: Applying the ''3Ts'' model to the UKNick Clifton  10. The Geography of Creative People in Germany: RevisitedMichael Fritsch and Michael Stuetzer 11. Location of the Creative Class in Seven European CountriesRon Boschma and Michael Fritsch  12. The Creative Class ''Down Under'': Exploring the creative class theory in AustraliaKevin M. Stolarick  13. Regional Development and the Creative Class in JapanHans Westlund and Federica Calidoni  14. China''s Development DisconnectRichard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Haifeng Qian  15. The Creative Class around the WorldCharlotta Mellander and Richard Florida