1. Clusters
Porter, M. E. (2001). Regions and the new economics of competition. Global city-regions: trends, theory, policy. A. J. Scott. Cambridge, UK New York, Oxford University Press:

2. Porter (2001) Six transitions driving prosperity
From macroeconomics to microeconomics
From current productivity to innovation
From economy-wide to clusters
From internal to external sources of company success
From separating to integrating economic and social policy
From national/cross-national to regional and local

4. SANDAG’s Regional Information System (RIS)
SANDAG defines its RIS as “a fully integrated system of data, computer hardware and software to process the data, and the staff to perform the data processing and analysis” (SANDAG 2000).
San Diego Interactive Mapping page  
Regional Economic Development Information (REDI) System
Mapping SANDAG's Demographic and Economic Databases
San Diego Industrial Economic Clusters
San Diego / Tijuana Demographic Atlas
Borderbase
NOTE: The RIS is described in detail in a PDF file titled Regional Information System Overview. The report can be downloaded from SANDAG’s website at  

6. Creative Clusters, By JOHN M. EGER
Friday, Feb. 17, Excerpt from Voice of San Diego Balboa Park, a unique 1,200-acre complex of museums, theaters, gardens, shops and restaurants, as well as the world-renowned San Diego Zoo, is poised to become part of an economic cluster serving the San Diego region.
Together with the Center City Development Corp.'s plans for a creative complex to replace Golden Hall as the city's administrative center, the park is prime real estate capable of being configured into a creative cluster.
Over five years ago Business Week magazine reported that "the industrial economy is giving way to the creative economy and corporations are at another crossroads. Attributes that made them ideal for the 20th century could cripple them in the 21st; they will have to change dramatically.
Michael Porter in his book The Competitive Advantage of Nations, first published in 1990, pointed out the importance of "economic clusters." These "geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service providers and associated institutions in a particular field that are present in a nation or region" are central, he argued, to survival in the wake of an uncertain global economy.
It is becoming increasingly apparent that initiatives that promote education and infrastructure, and in the process more regional livable places with strong and vibrant creative clusters will be the hallmarks of the most successful 21st Century cities and regions. Those communities placing a premium on cultural, ethnic and artistic diversity, and reinventing their knowledge factories for the Creative Age will likely burst with creativity and entrepreneurial fervor.
John M. Eger, Co-Founder of Envision San Diego, and Van Deerlin Chair of Communications and Public Policy at SDSU was editor of the Smart Community Guidebook, published by the State of California ( 1997) and most recently, The Creative Community, SDSU Press, (

7. Porter in Allen J. Scott (ed
Porter in Allen J. Scott (ed.) (2001) Global City-Regions: Trends, Theory, Policy. New York: Oxford University Press.