Creative Industries and Urban Spatial Structure : Agent-Based Modelling of the Dynamics in Nanjing.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Economic Shift in the Postindustrial Society -- 1.2 Creative Industries and Creative Workers -- 1.2.1 Creative Industries -- 1.2.2 Creative Workers -- 1.3 Urban Land Use Confronted with Creative Industries -- 1.4 The Case of Nanjing in China -- 1.4.1 Economic Transformation and Creative Industries in China -- 1.4.2 Nanjing in Pursuit of Creative Industries in the Second Tier -- References -- Chapter 2: The Development of Creative Industries and Urban Land Use: Revisit the Interactions from Complexity Perspective -- 2.1 Understanding Creative Industries -- 2.1.1 Origin and Early Evolution -- 2.1.2 Typical Definitions -- 2.1.3 Subsectors of Creative Industries -- 2.2 Creative Industries as Drivers of Urban Growth and Innovation -- 2.3 The In-City Location Preference of the Creative Firms and the Creative Workers -- 2.3.1 The Factors That Define the In-City Location of the Creative Firms -- 2.3.2 The Factors That Define the In-City Location of the Creative Workers -- 2.4 Interactions Among the Firms, the Workers, the Citizens and the Urban Government in Terms of Urban Land Use -- 2.5 ``Social Network´´ Mode and Creative Industries´ Inherent Heterogeneity -- 2.5.1 Creative Industries Understood in a ``Social Network´´ Mode -- 2.5.2 Differentiate the Identified Subsectors and Distinguish Different Cases -- 2.5.3 Re-examine the Working and Life Conditions of the Creative Workers -- 2.6 The Dynamics of the Interactions in Complexity Perspective -- References -- Chapter 3: Application of Agent-Based Modelling to the Dynamics of Creative Industries´ Interactions with Urban Land Use: An I... -- 3.1 Introduction to Agent-Based Modelling -- 3.2 NetLogo as the Model Development Platform.

3.3 The Agents´ Actions and the Locational Utility Function -- 3.4 The Requisite Database and the Importance Coefficient -- 3.4.1 The Requisite Database -- 3.4.2 The Importance Coefficient -- References -- Chapter 4: The Foundation for Agent-Based Modelling: Empirical Evidence of Creative Industries´ Interactions with Urban Land U... -- 4.1 Nanjing in Historical Perspective -- 4.1.1 Nanjing Featured by Cultural Heritages -- 4.1.2 Nanjing in the Process of Modernisation -- 4.1.3 Nanjing Emerging as a Creative Hub -- 4.2 The Research Area and the Spatial Distribution of the Firms and the Workers -- 4.2.1 The Research Area and Its Spatial Division -- 4.2.2 The Spatial Distribution of the Creative Firms´ Offices -- 4.2.2.1 The Development Status of the Creative Firms -- 4.2.2.2 The Spatial Distribution of the Creative Firms´ Offices -- 4.2.3 The Spatial Distribution of the Creative Workers´ Residences -- 4.2.3.1 The Age and Education Quality of the Creative Workers -- 4.2.3.2 The Living and Working Condition of the Creative Workers -- 4.2.3.3 The Spatial Distribution of the Creative Workers´ Residences -- 4.3 The Determinants of the Creative Firms´ Office Location Decision -- 4.3.1 Findings from Questionnaire -- 4.3.2 Results from GIS Analysis -- 4.3.3 The Eight Determinants of the Creative Firms´ Office Location Decision -- 4.4 The Determinants of the Creative Worker´s Residence Location Decision -- 4.4.1 Findings from Questionnaire -- 4.4.2 Results from GIS Analysis -- 4.4.3 The Six Determinants of the Creative Workers´ Residence Location Decision -- 4.5 The Citizens´ Reaction Towards Urban Land-Use Change -- 4.5.1 Attitude Towards Housing Development -- 4.5.2 Attitude Towards Office Development -- 4.6 Interactions in Complexity Perspective: The Dynamics Framework -- 4.6.1 The Respective Role of the Firms, the Workers and the Citizens.

4.6.2 The Role of the Urban Government -- 4.6.3 The Theoretical Dynamics Framework -- 4.7 The Connection Between Empirical Evidence and Agent-Based Modelling -- References -- Chapter 5: Simulating the Dynamics of Creative Industries´ Interactions with Urban Land Use by Agent-Based Modelling -- 5.1 NetLogo as a Platform for Simulation -- 5.2 Model Design: The Simplified Dynamics Framework -- 5.3 Model Design: The Model Environment -- 5.3.1 The Urban Land Space -- 5.3.2 The Attributes of the Land Plot -- 5.4 Model Design: The Agents and Their Action Rules -- 5.4.1 The Creative Firms -- 5.4.1.1 Looking for Office -- 5.4.1.2 Employing Workers -- 5.4.2 The Creative Workers -- 5.4.2.1 Looking for Residence -- 5.4.2.2 Looking for Jobs -- 5.4.3 Urban Government (Policy Packages) -- 5.4.3.1 Design of Supportive Policies -- 5.4.3.2 Land-Use Planning Schemes -- 5.5 Model Implementation: The User Interface of the Complete Model -- 5.6 Model Implementation: The Setup Procedure -- 5.6.1 Generating the Simplified Urban Space of Nanjing -- 5.6.2 Calculating the Initiative Locational Marks and the Base Office/Housing Rent -- 5.6.2.1 Locational Marks Based on the Influence of Geographical Features -- 5.6.2.2 Primordial Land-Rent and Housing-Rent -- 5.6.3 Setting Up the Agents -- 5.6.3.1 Urban Government (Policy Packages) -- 5.6.3.2 Creative Firms and the Creative Workers -- 5.7 Model Implementation: The Dynamics Procedure -- 5.7.1 The Creative Firms´ Influence Upon the Plots Involved -- 5.7.2 The Creative Workers´ Influence Upon the Plots Involved -- 5.7.3 The Intervene of the Urban Government -- 5.8 Model Implementation: The Output-Display Procedure -- References -- Chapter 6: Model Validation and Scenario Analysis -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Internal Validation: Validate the Spatial Environment by Visualisation.

6.3 Internal Validation: Immersive Assessment of the Agents´ Behaviours -- 6.3.1 The Dynamic Properties of a Sample Firm -- 6.3.2 The Dynamic Properties of a Sample Worker -- 6.3.3 The Dynamic Properties of a Sample Policy Package -- 6.3.4 The Dynamic Properties of a Sample Land Plot -- 6.4 Internal Validation: Identify Sensitive Parameters by Sensitivity Analysis -- 6.4.1 The Geographical Factors -- 6.4.2 The Policy Packages -- 6.4.3 The Base Demand and Its Growth Rate -- 6.4.4 The Critical Values for Each Agent Class -- 6.5 External Validation -- 6.5.1 The Number Growth of the Firms and the Workers -- 6.5.2 The Properties of the Firms and the Workers -- 6.5.3 The Office Rent and Housing Rent -- 6.5.4 Spatial Distribution and Clustering Pattern of the Agents -- 6.6 Scenario Analysis -- 6.6.1 The Growth Pattern of the Firms and the Workers -- 6.6.2 The Dynamics of the Spatial Distribution Pattern -- 6.6.3 The Dynamics of the Spatial Clustering Pattern -- 6.6.4 The Office Rent/Housing Rent Dynamics -- References -- Chapter 7: Examining the Dynamics by Incorporating GIS Data with the CID-USST Model -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Dataset Preparation -- 7.3 Incorporating GIS Data with the CID-USST Model -- 7.3.1 Algorithm for Transferring GIS Data to the CID-USST Model -- 7.3.2 The User Interface of the CID-USST-GIS Model -- 7.4 The Dynamics of the Agents´ Spatial Distributions -- 7.4.1 The Dynamics of the Creative Firms´ Spatial Distributions -- 7.4.2 The Dynamics of the Creative Workers´ Spatial Distributions -- 7.5 The Spatial Distribution of the Office/Housing Rent -- 7.5.1 The Dynamics of the Spatial Distribution of the Office Rent -- 7.5.2 The Dynamics of the Spatial Distribution of the Housing Rent -- References -- Chapter 8: Conclusions and Further Development -- 8.1 Creative Industries and Urban Land Use in Chinese Urban Context.

8.2 Creative Industries, Urban Growth and Policy Making -- 8.3 Generalisability, Applicability and Further Development -- References -- Erratum to: Creative Industries and Urban Spatial Structure -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Ten Sectors Identified as Key Cultural Creative Industries Cultivated in Nanjing -- Appendix 2: Thirty-Five Agglomeration Areas of Cultural/Creative Industries in Nanjing -- Appendix 3: Definitions of Terminologies Closely Related to Creative Industries (in Theory) -- Appendix 4: Definitions of Terminologies Closely Related to Creative Industries (in Practice) -- References -- Appendix 5: Questionnaire for the Creative Firms -- Appendix 6: Questionnaire for the Creative Workers -- Appendix 7: Questionnaire for the Individual Citizens -- Index.

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