Discussion and conclusions

The focus of this empirical study has been on the relationship between the creative economy and urban spaces within the Chinese socioeconomic contexts of Shanghai. In the previous chapters, I discussed this issue ranging from the theoretical discourse to specific case studies of Shanghai. A couple of new concepts and approaches have been adopted in the literature, i.e., socioeconomic analysis of clustering dynamics, Neo-Marshallian cluster and networks, and Guanxi network in industrial clusters. These new approaches provide new explanations in both theory and practice about the spatial agglomeration of creative industries. The summary of this book will highlight the main contributions that this study strived to achieve.