Aerosol particles in the mexican east pacific part I: processing and vertical redistribution by clouds J. C. Jiménez, D. Baumgardner, and G. B. Raga Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico Received: 23 September 2004 – Accepted: 5 November 2004 – Published: 29 November 2004 Correspondence to: D. Baumgardner ([email protected]) © 2004 Author(s). This work is licensed u...

Due to the growing importance of metropolitan regions for the economy this work aims at analyzing what fosters economic prosperity. We propose the theory that creativity generates new ideas and enhances the entrepreneurship level in the city. In this research the focus lies on metropolitan regions, located around 30 Informational World Cities, which are prototypical cities of the knowledge soci...

subtheme: The future of cities in the knowledge age 1. Introduction A lot has been talked about the knowledge society and the impact of knowledge on the structure of a society 's economy. But a society is always located somehow – it does not exist in a vacuum. Are there specific places for the knowledge society? And what effects these places have on the economic and social development of the so...

Chang-Tzuoh Wu Department of Industrial Design National Kaohsiung Normal University No.116, Heping 1 st Rd., Lingya District, Kaohsiung City 802, TAIWAN(R.0.C.) [email protected] & Hung-Jen Yang, Hsueh-Chih Lin, Department of Industrial Technology Education National Kaohsiung Normal University No.116, Heping 1 st Rd., Lingya District, Kaohsiung City 802, TAIWAN(R.0.C.) [email protected]...

With globalization, the notion of "creative city" has become a core concept of many cities in the world development policies, with real properties being upgraded or used to change, renewal is being conducted, and creative industries are emerging. This trend has reached its peak in the past decade, with different forms and scales gathering global development momentum among the creative communiti...

The concept of ‘creative cities’ is gaining increased prominence amongst urban planners and policymakers concerned with the linkages between economic development and the ‘soft’ attributes of cities. While definitions of what exactly constitutes ‘creative industries’ and who the members of a ‘creative class’ actually are continue to be contested, many key urban policy actors are focused on engen...