The chapter explores the concept of ‘hub’ in order to represent the spatial, social and economic organisation of the fashion industry in the Milan Metropolitan Region, which is territorially organised according to two main, complementary, forces: a strong local embeddedness and an equally strong internationalisation process. The resulting socio-economic space is to be conceived as re-territorialised in a multiple scales system in which the city of Milan can be better understood as a hub, since the traditional concepts of industrial district and pipeline are not completely able to grasp the complexity of the two overlapping territorial processes. The theoretical focus of the chapter is the extent to which the concept of hub makes it possible to go beyond both agglomeration economy and globalisation in representing the spatialization of the fashion industry, and, specifically, the role of the city of Milan. The notion of ‘hub’ is also discussed in regard to local development policies.
D'Ovidio, M., Pacetti, V. (2019). The City as a Creative Hub: The Case of the Fashion Industry in Milan, Italy. In R. Gill, A.C. Pratt, T.E. Virani (a cura di), Creative Hubs in Question Place, Space and Work in the Creative Economy (pp. 281-298). Cham : Palgrave Macmillan [10.1007/978-3-030-10653-9_15].
The City as a Creative Hub: The Case of the Fashion Industry in Milan, Italy
d'Ovidio, M
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;Pacetti, V
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2019
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The chapter explores the concept of ‘hub’ in order to represent the spatial, social and economic organisation of the fashion industry in the Milan Metropolitan Region, which is territorially organised according to two main, complementary, forces: a strong local embeddedness and an equally strong internationalisation process. The resulting socio-economic space is to be conceived as re-territorialised in a multiple scales system in which the city of Milan can be better understood as a hub, since the traditional concepts of industrial district and pipeline are not completely able to grasp the complexity of the two overlapping territorial processes. The theoretical focus of the chapter is the extent to which the concept of hub makes it possible to go beyond both agglomeration economy and globalisation in representing the spatialization of the fashion industry, and, specifically, the role of the city of Milan. The notion of ‘hub’ is also discussed in regard to local development policies.
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