S15-S4 Problems and Prospects of Slowly Growing Medium-sized Cities
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Special Sessions
| Thursday, August 31, 2017 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| HC 1313.0338 |
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Conveners: Rüdiger Hamm, Martin Rosenfeld, Artur Ochojski, Alina Schoenberg, Ondřej Slach / Chair: Artur Ochojski
Speaker
Dr Ondrěj Slach
Assistant Professor
University of Ostrava
Post-crisis development of creative industries in Czech cities
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Ondřej Slach (p), Petr Rumpel, Jan Ženka
Discussant for this paper
Artur Ochojski
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to explore changes in the spatial distribution of creative industries in Czechia with the special emphasis on city or metropolitan level. Thus, we focus on the post-crisis period 2009-2013 from a multi-scale perspective. The core of the empirical research is based on a unique data set compiled from an annual survey of Czech-based firms by the Czech Statistical Office in productive sectors in 2009 and 2013. These data cover employment and financial indicators such as production, value added and wages disaggregated to particular industries according to the NACE 2-digit classification and are available for the level of municipalities with extended competencies (micro-regions). We examine metropolitan regions (further divided into urban cores and commuting hinterlands) from the viewpoint of spatial distribution, sectoral structure and productivity of creative industries – a cross-sectional analysis for 2013 and 2009-2013 changes. We ask if and to what extent the (post)-crisis development altered the spatial and sectoral organization of creative industries in Czechia.
The structure of the text is organized as follows. The first part discusses the possible scenarios of the response of creative industries to the crisis and the factors that may affect the probability of accomplishing the discussed scenarios. Subsequently, the data and methods are described. Since we have considered the national context to be an important factor in modifying the nature and importance of the creative sectors, we pay attention to it in the introductory chapter of the empirical part of the study. The analysis of the development of creative industries in post-crisis development is structured in two main lines, i.e. sectoral and spatial. The core of the paper consists of the characteristics of changes in the distribution of the creative industries at a micro-regional level with emphasis on slow growing metropolitan regions.
The structure of the text is organized as follows. The first part discusses the possible scenarios of the response of creative industries to the crisis and the factors that may affect the probability of accomplishing the discussed scenarios. Subsequently, the data and methods are described. Since we have considered the national context to be an important factor in modifying the nature and importance of the creative sectors, we pay attention to it in the introductory chapter of the empirical part of the study. The analysis of the development of creative industries in post-crisis development is structured in two main lines, i.e. sectoral and spatial. The core of the paper consists of the characteristics of changes in the distribution of the creative industries at a micro-regional level with emphasis on slow growing metropolitan regions.
Dr. Shaul Hartal
Post-Doc Researcher
Ben Gurion University Of The Negev
Dr. Artur Ochojski
Assistant Professor
University of Economics in Katowice
