Impacts of creative industry districts in Shanghai

In the previous chapters, I examined clustering dynamics and networks of creative industries in Shanghai regarding, in general, urban space as causes while agglomeration as effects. This chapter analyzes the relationship between space and economy through an inverted perspective, taking the emergence of creative clusters as the driving forces but urban reconstruction as a result. The impacts of creative industry districts in Shanghai can be observed on urban landscape (especially the inner city of Shanghai), social-spatiality, as well as urban culture and image in addition to the economic and employment contributions mentioned in the third chapter. Through this discussion, I intend to explore the mechanism that how economic conversion can actually reshape the urban spaces and image of the city through economic, social, and cultural measures.