Background
Scott, Allen John was born on December 23, 1938 in Liverpool, England. Son of William Rule and Nella Maria (Pieri) Scott. came to the United States, 1980.
(This book is about the renaissance of cities in the twent...)
This book is about the renaissance of cities in the twenty first century and their increasing role as centers of creative economic activity. It attempts to put some conceptual and descriptive order around issues of urbanization in the contemporary world, emphasizing the idea of the social economy of the metropolis, which is to say, a view of the urban organism as an intertwined system of social and economic life played out through the arena of urban space. The book opens with a review of some essentials of urban theory, the book aims to re-articulate the urban question in a way that is relevant to city life and politics in the present era. It then analyses the functional characteristics of the urban economy, with special reference to the rise of a group of core sectors such as media, fashion, music, etc., focused on cognitive and cultural forms of work. These sectors are growing with great rapidity in the world's largest cities at the present time, and they play a major role in the urban resurgence that has been occurring of late. The discussion then explores the spatial ramifications of this new economy in cities and the ways in which it appears to be ushering in major shifts in divisions of labor and urban social stratification, as marked by a growing divide between a stratum of elite workers on the one side and a low-wage proletariat on the other. Allen Scott is one of the world's foremost thinkers on the economies of modern cities, and in this book presents a concise introduction to his innovative and insightful perspective.
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( Technopolis is a timely theoretical and empirical inves...)
Technopolis is a timely theoretical and empirical investigation of the world's largest high-technology industrial complex—Southern California. Allen Scott provides a new conceptual framework for understanding urban and regional growth processes based on a combination of inter-industrial, labor market, and geographical factors. He presents case studies and original data on three major industries that have become synonymous with Southern California: aircraft and parts, missiles and space equipment, and electronics. The business community will be particularly interested in Scott's diagnosis of post-Cold War economic ills and his suggestions for possible remedies. In good times or bad, knowledge of how Southern California's high-tech industry and regional development have interacted in the past and might interact in the future will be invaluable for regional and economic planners everywhere.
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(Culture is big business. It is at the root of many urban ...)
Culture is big business. It is at the root of many urban regeneration schemes throughout the world, yet the economy of culture is under-theorized and under-developed. In this wide-ranging and penetrating volume, the economic logic and structure of the modern cultural industries is explained. The connection between cultural production and urban-industrial concentration is demonstrated and the book shows why global cities are the homelands of the modern cultural industries. This book covers many sectors of cultural economy, from craft industries such as clothing and furniture, to modern media industries such as cinema and music recording. The role of the global city as a source of creative and innovative en
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(The steady globalization of economic activity over the la...)
The steady globalization of economic activity over the last few decades has intensified the assertion of the region as a critical locus of economic order and as a potent foundation of competitive advantage. This book is a wide-ranging exploration of the economic logic and political meaning of such developments. It presents the economic geography of the modern world as an emerging global mosaic of regional systems of production and exchange.
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Public policy and geography educator
Scott, Allen John was born on December 23, 1938 in Liverpool, England. Son of William Rule and Nella Maria (Pieri) Scott. came to the United States, 1980.
Bachelor, Oxford (England) University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1965.
Professor geography University of California at Los Angeles, since 1980, director Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, 1990-1994, associate dean School Public Policy and Social Research, 1994-1997. Professeur associé University Paris, 1974. André Siegfried chair Institute d'Etudes Plitiques, Paris, 1999.
Director Center Globalization and Policy Research, since 2000.
(The steady globalization of economic activity over the la...)
( Technopolis is a timely theoretical and empirical inves...)
(This book is about the renaissance of cities in the twent...)
(Combinatorial Programming, Spatial Analysis and Planning ...)
( This book was first published in 1980. )
( This book was first published in 1980. )
(Culture is big business. It is at the root of many urban ...)
Fellow Committee on Scholarly Communication with People's Republic China, 1986. Fellow British Academy (correspondent).
Married Nga Thuy Nguyen, January 19, 1979.