One Size Fits All? Applying the Creative Class Thesis onto a Nordic Context
One Size Fits All? Applying the Creative Class Thesis onto a Nordic Context
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一种尺寸适合所有人？
DOI：
10.1080/09654313.2010.504343
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Mika Raunio
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作者：
K. Andersen;Markus M. Bugge;H. K. Hansen;A. Isaksen;Mika Raunio
佛罗里达[(2002a)The Rise of the Creative Class and How How Transform Work，Leaving，Community and Everyday Life(New York：Basic Books)]提出的创意类论文近年来受到了生动的辩论和批评。本文将创造性的课堂命题应用于北欧语境，以检验佛罗里达的理论在不同于美国的语境下是否被证明是卓有成效的。基于定性数据，本文分析了北欧四国三个不同地区的人口环境和商业环境对创意阶层和企业区位的影响。分析表明，在解释北欧创意阶层的位置时，人的环境往往比商业环境的重要性次之。这应被视为北欧国家内的城市等级制度以及强有力的福利政策的结果，该政策确保公共用品的平均分配，并支持双职工家庭。总而言之，这些因素削弱了人们在选择地点时所处的环境的作用。研究还发现，人们气氛的概念在不同的地方有不同的含义，吸引或排斥创意阶层的因素取决于创意阶层成员的生活阶段。这项研究引发了人们对创造性班级方法在大城市地区以外应用的可能性的担忧，这限制了它在区域规划中的可用性。
The creative class thesis put forward by Florida [(2002a) The Rise of the Creative Class and How it's transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life (New York: Basic Books)] has in recent years been subject to vivid debate and criticism. This article applies the creative class thesis onto a Nordic context in order to examine whether Florida's theory proves fruitful in a context different from the US. Based on qualitative data, the paper analyses the role of people climate and business climate for the location of the creative class and firms in three different kinds of regions in four Nordic countries. The analyses demonstrate that the people climate tends to be of secondary importance to the business climate in explaining the location of the Nordic creative class. This should be seen as a result of the urban hierarchy within the Nordic countries as well as a strong welfare policy, which ensures an equal distribution of public provision and supports dual career households. Together, these factors diminish the role of people climate for location choices. The study also finds that the notion of people climate has different meanings in various places, and what attracts or repels the creative class depends on the life phases of the members of the creative class. The study raises concerns about the potential for applying the creative class approach beyond large city regions, which limits its usability in regional planning.