The Productive Role of ‘Quality of Place’: A Case Study of Fashion Designers in Toronto

Deborah Leslie and Shauna Brail
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Deborah Leslie: Department of Geography, 100 St. George Street, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada
Shauna Brail: Urban Studies Program, Innis College, 2 Sussex Avenue, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5, Canada

Environment and Planning A, 2011, vol. 43, issue 12, 2900-2917

Abstract: Within the urban economic development literature, there has been considerable debate concerning the role of ‘quality of place’ in attracting and retaining talent. Arguments have been polarized, however, between those suggesting that quality of place plays a key role in urban growth, and those arguing that jobs and production networks are more important. In this paper we reconcile the debates by emphasizing the productive function of quality of place. Drawing on a case study of fashion designers in Toronto, we examine the roles of diversity, tolerance, social services, and cultural dynamism in attracting and retaining talent, in fostering aesthetic experimentation, and in mediating some of the risks associated with cultural work.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1068/a43473

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