Rankings. London and Paris – leading the European cultural industry

The figures contained in the European Cluster Observatory’s report on the cultural industry speak for themselves: in 2006, cultural and creative industries provided 6.5 million jobs in Europe. These activities are typically concentrated in the larger cities, but it was London and Paris which stood out the most, followed by Milan and Amsterdam.

Paris Region employs more than 300,000 people in the cultural industry, compared with 235,000 for London. Berlin trails behind with just 60,000 jobs in the cultural and creative field. Paris Region is the leading European employer in advertising, literary creation, museum activities and the preservation of historical sites. London, on the other hand, leads in the field of radio and television.

The study also illustrates the link between high concentrations of cultural industries and a region’s prosperity. “The increase in the number of businesses involved in culture is fuelled by our thirst for cultural products, new forms of entertainment, distraction, and inspiration,” such as computer games and web design, reports the study.

Source: innocity.fr

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Public transport. Comparing the attractiveness of London and Paris

The IAU Île-de-France (Paris Region Urban Planning and Development Agency) has undertaken a comparative study of Paris and London focusing on the attractiveness of their public transport systems, the transport offer and the regularity of services on their networks.

In terms of railway services, London’s network is denser than its Paris counterpart (316 stations in Greater London as compared with 234 stations in the Paris Region conurbation) and provides a more comprehensive coverage of its territory. By contrast the Paris Region stations enjoy a more frequent service than the London stations during peak periods.

The underground network supplements the system serving Greater London with a network that’s relatively sparse in the city centre but provides lines extending right to the outskirts of the city and even beyond in some cases. By contrast the Paris Métro network is very dense in the centre but lacks coverage of the city’s outskirts. Paris outperforms London in average service frequency by line and by direction of travel during peak periods (38 trains in Paris compared with 23 in London).
Overall the study shows that Paris Region offers a much more extensive network of subways, trams, RER,… than London while the position of the bus is higher in London.

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