Planning for Global Competitiveness. .

Reports on the body of research on what qualities of cities and towns actually make people happy in their lives. London to Paris to Cape Town to Sydney, this book offers a useful guide to how people choose where to live, and what those choices mean to their lives and their communities.

In this book, Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent.

The new global competition for talent.

Richard Florida traces the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing role of creativity in the economy. He describes a society in which the creative ethos is increasingly dominant.

In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent.

The USA has often failed to capitalise on its technological breakthroughs. This analysis of the weaknesses and strengths of US high technology warns that until the US learns to reconnect research and development with production, foreign companies will continue to prevail in the world marketplace.