Collaborative Workspaces Beyond the Urban
Economy, Community and Regional Development
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Beschreibung
This Open Access book explores the contemporary socio-economic challenges that European non-urban areas face, illuminating how collaborative workspaces (CWS) contribute to tackling them in multiple ways. Collaborative workspaces (such as coworking spaces, fab labs, creative hubs, etc.) for freelancers, self-employed, remote workers and start-ups are increasingly becoming a subject of local and regional economic development policies as they are considered important intermediaries that help deliver entrepreneurial development and local innovation agendas. There has also been a rise in CWS in less densely populated communities in rural and peripheral regions across the European Union that face particular challenges such as brain drain, low investment levels, and low levels of entrepreneurship. These non-urban CWS differ in terms of scopes, functions and impacts compared to those in urban centers. The contributions in this volume unpack the development processes of CWS in rural, suburban, remote and peripheral areas, their wider economic, social and community impacts at the local and regional level, as well as at the level of the individual worker and the enterprise. The book brings together contributions from a broad range of scientific disciplines, including social and economic geography, economics, business studies, architecture, planning, gender studies, and management studies.
Dr. Vasilis Avdikos, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece.
Prof. Dr. Suntje Schmidt, Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
Dr. Ilaria Mariotti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Dr. Ignasi Capdevila, PSB Paris School of Business, France.
Dr. Thilo Lang Leibniz, Institute for Regional Geography and University of Leipzig, Germany.
Vera Fabinyi, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece.
This Open Access book explores the contemporary socio-economic challenges that European non-urban areas face, illuminating how collaborative workspaces (CWS) contribute to tackling them in multiple ways. Collaborative workspaces (such as coworking spaces, fab labs, creative hubs, etc.) for freelancers, self-employed, remote workers and start-ups are increasingly becoming a subject of local and regional economic development policies as they are considered important intermediaries that help deliver entrepreneurial development and local innovation agendas. There has also been a rise in CWS in less densely populated communities in rural and peripheral regions across the European Union that face particular challenges such as brain drain, low investment levels, and low levels of entrepreneurship. These non-urban CWS differ in terms of scopes, functions and impacts compared to those in urban centers. The contributions in this volume unpack the development processes of CWS in rural, suburban, remote and peripheral areas, their wider economic, social and community impacts at the local and regional level, as well as at the level of the individual worker and the enterprise. The book brings together contributions from a broad range of scientific disciplines, including social and economic geography, economics, business studies, architecture, planning, gender studies, and management studies.
This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Traces the emergence of hubs and coworking spaces in non-urban areas Offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the role and functions of collaborative workspaces Brings case studies from 12 European countries
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Vasilis Avdikos
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Open Access coworking collaborative spaces peripherality creative industries cultural industries rurality rural studies regional development innovation spatial planning urban planning regional studies labour studies collaborative workspaces