Culture, creativity and spatial planning

Kunzmann, Klaus R.

doi:10.3828/tpr.75.4.2

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“…For most European Cities the nomination as a "European Cultural Capital" is a prestigious position. To be a cultural capital means to get financial support for cultural activities, development of image and international audience and recognition [5]. In a wider perspective, it appears as if there are reasonable arguments for large events as they provide a variety of benefits for the host city, economic as well as cultural.…”

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“…It is about the creation of authentic metaphors. Literature reveals that especially culture has developed as a strong "good", which plays a substantial role in city branding [4] [5]. As accurately mentioned by Kavaratzis, "Culture provides consumable experiences; culture acts as a source for economic activity; culture attracts the creative class; culture attracts tourists..." [6].…”

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Culture and City Branding: Mega-Events and Iconic Buildings as Fragile Means to Brand the City

Riza¹

2015

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In the last years many cities investigated diverse approaches to attract more audience and stimulate their economy. One of the key terms in this context is city branding. City branding strategies are used as a tool to race with other cities by displaying appealing images of the city and its assets. In this context, culture is as a marketable strength and new opportunity for cities to increasingly gain popularity. This paper deals with the utilization of cultural as a branding device. It discusses the role of culture in city branding and compares the use of recent popular tools, namely largescale events, festivals and iconic architecture as a means for branding purpose. Finally, the paper argues that iconic buildings and mega-events using permanent structures in contrast to smaller events and festivals are unsustainable means to promote the culture of the city, as most of the time they are undermining the existing local culture in favour of a global taste, broadcasting similar images and activities.

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Culture and City Branding: Mega-Events and Iconic Buildings as Fragile Means to Brand the City

Riza¹

2015

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“…But the attraction of artists and creative industries to an area can in turn act as a catalyst for further waves of gentrification (Kunzmann, 2004) and it tends to be this loss that is mourned. Thus, it needs to be acknowledged that within the creative industries, there is a diversity of firms (Evans, 2009;Hutton, 2009b) ranging from 'highly paid elite creative professionals' to 'artists and performers working for bare subsistence' (Hutton, 2009b, p. 626).…”

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Preventing the displacement of small businesses through commercial gentrification: are affordable workspace policies the solution?

Ferm

2016

Planning Practice & Research

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The displacement of small businesses in cities with rising land values is of increasing concern to local communities and reflected in the literature on commercial or industrial gentrification. This article explores the perception of such gentrification as both a problem and an opportunity, and considers the motivations and implications of state intervention in London, where policies requiring affordable workspace to be delivered within mixed use developments have been introduced. Based on case studies of 13 mixed use developments in London, the findings reveal the limitations and unintended consequences of affordable workspace policies, leading to a call for planners to revisit and strengthen more traditional planning tools.

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“…Despite the fact that natural heritage has long been appreciated and considered in spatial planning, cultural heritage has been neglected for a very long time (Kunzmann, 2004). Lately though, governments and societies increasingly recognize the value of cultural heritage, both as a factor of societal and community well-being (Tweed and Sutherland, 2007) and as a factor of sustainable development (Kunzmann, 2004;CoE, 2005).…”

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“…Lately though, governments and societies increasingly recognize the value of cultural heritage, both as a factor of societal and community well-being (Tweed and Sutherland, 2007) and as a factor of sustainable development (Kunzmann, 2004;CoE, 2005). At the same time, cherishing natural and cultural memories from the past is considered to be a sine qua non for strengthening territorial identities of cities and regions (Geppert, 2014).…”

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Planning Practices for the Protection of Cultural Heritage: Lessons Learnt from the Greek UNESCO Sites

Papageorgiou

2015

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As in all countries worldwide, in Greece too, sites selected to become part of the UNESCO’s world heritage are representative samples of the country’s monumental heritage and therefore constitute exemplars of planning adopted for their spatial protection. By the case study conducted in the Greek UNESCO sites, it was revealed that, despite the fact that most of the monuments are subjects of multiple zoning, little is accomplished for their spatial protection. This is either because zoning and planning launched by the Ministry for the Environment is absent or taking too long to get approved or because zoning deriving from the Ministry of Culture is void of spatial regulations. This means that on the one hand the Ministry for the Environment should proceed at a faster pace to the elaboration of Local Spatial Plans that are necessary especially in the case of monuments in rural settings, while on the other hand the Ministry of Culture should immediately proceed to the revision of Protection Zones A and B, so they fall into the guidelines of the new Law 3028 and they acquire spatial restrictions and regulations; a condition that can only be achieved with the collaboration among Spatial Planners and Archaeologists and among competent bodies.

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Culture, creativity and spatial planning

Cited by 132 publications

References 8 publications

Culture and City Branding: Mega-Events and Iconic Buildings as Fragile Means to Brand the City

Culture and City Branding: Mega-Events and Iconic Buildings as Fragile Means to Brand the City

Preventing the displacement of small businesses through commercial gentrification: are affordable workspace policies the solution?

Planning Practices for the Protection of Cultural Heritage: Lessons Learnt from the Greek UNESCO Sites

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