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CREATIVE CITIES
CREATIVE CITIES
Dr. Kevin Stolarick
Dec. 4, 2012
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Standard Timing
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Time
3:10-3:15
3:15-3:20
3:20-3:30
3:30-3:35
3:35-4:00
4:00-4:10
4:10-5:00
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Activity
Quiz
Peer Grading
Group Discussion Questions/Answers
Announce Selected Question to Class
Discuss Questions in Class
Break
Discuss Questions in Class
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Quiz Seating
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Front Table
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Quiz Questions
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1. When it comes to innovation, is bigger better?
2. Name a knowledge area that also helps the
region and doesn’t just generate “private
returns”.
3. Does economic development theory become
practice?
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Grading Process
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• Switch within group (#)
– NOT each other
– All pass left or right
• “Graded By”
• Quiz Answers
– 2 points completely correct
– 1 point “mostly” correct
– 4 points for reasonable exam question
• Total Score Upper Left
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Quiz Answers
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1. When it comes to innovation, is bigger better?
 Yes (scaling)
2. Name a knowledge area that also helps the region
and doesn’t just generate “private returns”.
 administration & management, economics &
accounting, telecommunications, engineering &
technology
3. Does economic development theory become
practice?
 Not really
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Question
• Within your group
• Discuss each question
• Pick group’s favourite
– Your selection makes it eligible for use
– Mark with a big star
• Person never announced before
– Announce selected question
• Turn in all cards before break
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Midterm
Grade Distribution
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Break
10 Minutes
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Selected Questions
Previous Year
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Selected Questions CREATIVE CITIES
• Describe the relationship among distance from
urban areas, size of the creative class, and
ability to attract the creative class.
• Briefly describe any 3 of the 6 suggestions
Florida makes for a “new Creative Compact”.
• Explain and discuss the implications of
“scaling” for cities.
• Explain how scaling could impact the
sustainability of cities.
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• Support or reject the argument that creative
class theory and results mean that rural (nonmetro) regions are doomed.
• Central city or suburb? Describe the
conditions under which concentrations of
human capital in each have a more positive
influence on regional economic performance.
• What do EDQ researchers most study, and
what do practitioners most often do?
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Selected Questions CREATIVE CITIES
• Combine (1) Gabe’s results on knowledge and
(2) Florida, Mellander, Stolarick’s results on
urban/suburban human capital.
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Selected Questions
And Answers
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Selected Questions CREATIVE CITIES
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