ABSTRACT

The present paper investigates the location patterns and the effects co-working spaces (CWS) generate on the urban context. The focus is on Barcelona, one of the most important creative hubs in Europe in terms of knowledge-based, creative, digital, and sharing economy, and the city hosting the largest number of co-working spaces in Spain. The paper addresses three main questions: (1) Which are the location patterns of co-working spaces in Barcelona? (2) Do CWS agglomerate in the same areas? And, (3) Do CWS coagglomerate with the creative industries (CIs)? To do that, this paper uses open data on Barcelona neighbourhoods’ socioeconomic composition provided by the Statistics Department of the Council of Barcelona and micro-geographic data of private CWS and creative labs in Barcelona. By using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Kd functions of agglomeration and coagglomeration, results show that CWS are highly concentrated in central areas of Barcelona where there are greater chances to meet customers and suppliers, the proximity to urban amenities and the fact of being associated to a specific place-image. Moreover, they coagglomerate with CIs firms, especially with symbolic and synthetic knowledge-based CIs. These results are relevant when assessing the actual goal of urban policies in Barcelona.

摘要

本论文调查了位置模式和联合办公空间 (CWS) 在城市环境中产生的影响。重点是巴塞罗那，它是欧洲在知识、创意、数字和共享经济方面最重要的创意中心之一，也是西班牙拥有最多联合办公空间的城市。该论文解决了三个主要问题：(1) 巴塞罗那联合办公空间的位置模式是什么？(2) 水煤浆是否集中在同一区域？并且，(3) CWS 是否与创意产业 (CI) 联合？为此，本文使用了巴塞罗那理事会统计部提供的巴塞罗那社区社会经济构成的公开数据，以及巴塞罗那私人 CWS 和创意实验室的微观地理数据。通过使用地理信息系统 (GIS) 和 Kd 集聚和联合集聚的功能，结果表明，CWS 高度集中在巴塞罗那的中心区域，那里有更多的机会与客户和供应商会面，靠近城市便利设施以及被关联的事实到一个特定的地方形象。此外，他们与 CIs 公司联合，尤其是与基于符号和综合知识的 CIs。在评估巴塞罗那城市政策的实际目标时，这些结果是相关的。特别是对于基于符号和综合知识的 CI。在评估巴塞罗那城市政策的实际目标时，这些结果是相关的。特别是对于基于符号和综合知识的 CI。在评估巴塞罗那城市政策的实际目标时，这些结果是相关的。