Multiple local co-agglomeration: Modelling spatial-temporal variations of coworking spaces and creative industries clustering in two central European Capitals

Economies of agglomeration play a crucial role in the creation of innovation in regional innovation systems. In the last decade, coworking spaces have become an organisational innovation of the sharing economy in these systems. Therefore, research on spatial co-agglomeration between coworking spaces and service industries is rising, identifying creative industries as the most significant services for colocation with coworking spaces. Previous studies on spatial association between coworking spaces and service industries have focused on the global distance measurement of their co-agglomeration. Hence, the paper provides insight into the extension of the research by comparing two cross-sectional datasets at different times by locally measured multiple colocations between coworking spaces and the selected creative industries in Prague and Warsaw. The present study is expected to contribute to understanding the spatial association in the long-term trajectories of coworking spaces with creative industries. The results underline the importance of the usage of local colocation quotients in space-time perspective for the detection of spatial association between coworking spaces and creative industries for determining trajectories of their spatial interactions, which resulted in both intensification and spatial diffusion of CBD functions in the adjacent inner city and along urban arterial roads supporting the polycentric metropolis model. •Research identifies symbolic and synthetic creative industries as key for coworking colocation.•The study compares coworking and creative industry colocations in Prague and Warsaw over time.•Findings show increased colocations and varied intensities in coworking evolution phases.•Local colocation quotients reveal spatial interactions, supporting the polycentric metropolis model.