TRENDS IN THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF CREATIVE ECONOMIES IN ROMANIA

Today, creative economies are the determinants of economic growth. Creative economies play an important role in promoting innovation across the economy, both through their products and services, as well as through new ideas, knowledge, processes and ways of working. Terms of innovation and creativity are increasingly used in many national development strategies. The concept of creative economy was derived from the concept of innovation. The study aims to analyze the spatial distribution of creative economies at national level. In order to quantify the spatial dynamics of the creative economies in Romania, was created a database, at the level of administrative-territorial unit, with 2 economic indicators the number of employees and the turnover, according to the NACE classification (Classification of National Economy Activities), on the basis of which have been made distribution maps of creative economies. This study focuses on the period from 2000 to 2016. The database was also used to achieve evolution graphs of above mentioned indicators, at the four-digit NACE code. This study has produced spatial patterns of creative economies that have highlighted the fact that spatial agglomerations of creative activities are located around the great urban concentration.