The Creative City

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ISBN: 9781844075997 | 1844075990
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/30/2008

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The Creative Cityis a clarion call for imaginative action in developing and running urban life. It shows how to think, plan and act creatively in addressing urban issues, with remarkable examples of innovation and regeneration from around the world. This revised edition of Charles' Landry's highly influential text has been updated to contain a new introduction and case studies.

List of Case Studies	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. x
Setting the Scene	p. xi
Preface to 2nd Edition: The Drama of Urban Change	p. xvi
Introduction to 2nd Edition: The Creative City: Its Origins and Futures	p. xxi
Urban Groundshifts
Rediscovering Urban Creativity	p. 3
Why are some cities successful?	p. 3
Culture moving centre stage	p. 6
The varieties of creativity	p. 11
Urban Problems, Creative Solutions	p. 20
The contemporary city	p. 20
Fault-lines in urbanism	p. 31
The New Thinking	p. 41
Innovative thinking for changing cities	p. 49
Imagine a city	p. 71
The Dynamics of Urban Creativity
Creative Urban Transformations	p. 79
Embedding a culture of creativity in a smaller city: The Creative Town Initiative	p. 79
Helsinki: Uncovering a hidden resource	p. 87
Innovation in a non-innovative setting: Emscher Park	p. 90
Seeding innovation: The Urban Pilot Programme	p. 98
Foundations of the Creative City	p. 105
Embedding creativity into the genetic code: The preconditions	p. 105
Personal qualities	p. 107
Will and leadership	p. 108
Human diversity and access to varied talent: Mixing people	p. 111
Organizational culture	p. 112
Fostering strong local identity	p. 118
Urban spaces and facilities	p. 119
Networking and associative structures	p. 125
The Creative Milieu	p. 132
Origins of interest	p. 132
What is a creative milieu?	p. 133
The qualities of a creative milieu	p. 140
Harnessing the triggers of creativity	p. 142
Conclusion	p. 157
A Conceptual Toolkit of Urban Creativity
Getting Creative Planning Started	p. 163
What is a conceptual toolkit?	p. 163
The Creative City strategy method	p. 166
Culture and creativity	p. 173
Getting the ideas factory going: Creative tools and techniques	p. 176
Civic creativity	p. 190
Rediscovering Urban Creativity	p. 197
The urban innovations matrix	p. 197
Lifecycle thinking	p. 205
Urban R&D	p. 215
Assessing and Sustaining the Creative Process	p. 224
The cycle of urban creativity	p. 224
The Creative City Development Scale	p. 233
New indicators for creative cities	p. 239
Urbanism and urban literacy	p. 246
The Creative City and Beyond
The Creative City and Beyond	p. 257
Contours of the next wave of creativity and innovation	p. 257
Towards the Learning City	p. 266
From planning to urban strategy making	p. 268
Cultural Industries in Tower Hamlets	p. 272
Glasgow's Cultural Strengths	p. 274
Visual Arts in Glasgow	p. 275
Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. 276
Bibliography	p. 277
About Comedia	p. 286
Index	p. 287
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