PLX 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Urban Design, Knowledge Economy, Sustainable Design
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There has been a huge shift in culture and lifestyle since the 1950s. Many say that we now live in an information economy or a knowledge economy. But what"s more fundamentally true is that for the first time, our economy is powered by creativity. In virtually every industry, from automobiles to fashion and information technology itself, the long-run winners are those who can create and keep creating. It is has always been true, from the days of the agricultural revolution to the industrial revolution. But in the past few decades we"ve come to recognize it clearly and act upon it systematically. 2005 - adams - what makes a creative city: Notes significant change from the industrial period (devalued creative classes, separation of managers + workers. Access also depends on destinations as well as pathways. A diverse community has a variety of needs and differing sets of cultural meanings about use of space: animation: refers to human activity.
