Richard Florida
Author of The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
About the Author
Richard Florida is university professor and the director of cities at the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, a distinguished visiting fellow at NYU's Shack Institute of Real Estate, and the cofounder and editor-at-large of The Atlantic's CityLab.
Image credit: http://www.creativeclass.com/
Works by Richard Florida
The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life (2002) 1,347 copies
Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life (2008) 455 copies
The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle… (2017) 144 copies
The New Urban Crisis: Gentrification, Housing Bubbles, Growing Inequality, and What We Can Do About It (2017) 17 copies
The Breakthrough Illusion: Corporate America's Failure To Move From Innovation To Mass Production (1990) 9 copies
Who’s Your City 1 copy
Associated Works
Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs (2009) — Foreword, some editions — 105 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Florida, Richard
- Legal name
- Florida, Richard L.
- Birthdate
- 1957-11-26
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Places of residence
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Education
- Columbia University
George Mason University (School Of Public Policy) - Occupations
- Professor (Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School Of Management, University Of Toronto)
Lecturer (Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University) - Organizations
- University of Toronto
The Atlantic Monthly
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Statistics
- Works
- 22
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 2,531
- Popularity
- #10,142
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 34
- ISBNs
- 73
- Languages
- 9
- Favorited
- 1