Smart Specialisation Strategies for Elevating Integration of Cultural Heritage into Circular Economy

Stanojev, Jermina; Gustafsson, Christer

doi:10.3390/su13073685

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“…One implication of this is that integrated conservation of cultural heritage has its application in management of changes [52]. In parallel, the interest in the economics of conservation has increased using cost-benefit analyses with the main focus on investigating conditions for investments in conserving heritage [53][54][55][56][57] to study heritage-led sustainable development based on adaptive reuse and the relation between cultural heritage, creativity and innovation [58][59][60] and the strategic role of cultural heritage in the circular economy [7,[61][62][63][64][65].…”

Section: Europeans' Creativity Cultural Diversity and Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In times of climate change, the United Nations' Sustainability Goals and the European Green Deal, more research is also needed to clarify the links between the CCI and sustainability and to deeper the understanding of the role of adaptive reuse of cultural heritage in circular economy and to develop new governance and business models as well as regional and local strategies for this [7,[61][62][63][64][65].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In these strategies, regions have recognized a limited number of well-identified priorities supporting knowledge-based investments focusing on competitive assets and realistic growth capabilities. Even if the CCI have often been mentioned in relation to development since the KEA report, recent studies show that only around 10% of the 243 regional smart specialization strategies give priority to culture [7]. On the other hand, the current COVID-19 pandemic has stressed some of the weaknesses of the CCI, such as the precarity of cultural and creative employment [8], which calls for policy attention and intervention in order to limit CCI fragilities and ensure their benefits.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Innovative Response of Cultural and Creative Industries to Major European Societal Challenges: Toward a Knowledge and Competence Base

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In this paper we highlight the importance of culture, cultural heritage and creative industries (CCI) in current European policies in relation to a number of societal challenges, and how the CCI are called to innovatively respond to such challenges. We distinguish four main societal challenges to which the CCI can strategically respond and significantly unlock the potential for innovation and smart growth in the EU. These societal challenges are addressed by four main pillars of the CCI, namely: (1) Europeans’ creativity, cultural diversity and values; (2) European identity and cohesion; (3) European employment, economic resilience and smart growth; and (4) Europe’s external relations. We address each societal challenge from the CCI perspective, indicating how the CCI can provide innovative responses to such challenges and enable strategic crossovers through networking and collaboration, but also referring to some criticalities. We further discuss how this CCI capacity needs public support and provide an overview of how this is undertaken via the main EU, national and international policies, with a focus on the latest trends.

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Section: Europeans' Creativity Cultural Diversity and Valuesmentioning

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2021

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“…For example, the concept of Intrinsic value of cultural heritage was proposed by Fusco Girard in 1987 [6] and further explored by Fusco Girard and Nijkamp in 1997 [8], but only recently the concept was developed by Fusco Girard and Vecco applying it to cultural heritage adaptive reuse [89,90], while operational tools and specific indicators for its assessment are still to be developed. On the same line, Gustafsson and Stanojev developed research on Smart Specialisation Strategies for cultural heritage adaptive reuse, pointing out the need of directing regional investments to achieve inter-sectorial synergic outcomes including cultural heritage adaptive reuse [91,92]. Moreover, the heritage community is another aspect related to a circular cultural heritage adaptive reuse as resulting from this study.…”

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Indicators for Ex-Post Evaluation of Cultural Heritage Adaptive Reuse Impacts in the Perspective of the Circular Economy

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Cultural heritage (CH) is considered a key element of cities and regions’ identity anduniqueness, contributing to people's wellbeing and health, as well as jobs creation, environmentalregeneration and place attractiveness. The adaptive reuse of abandoned and underused CH can be asustainable strategy for heritage conservation, stimulating local development processes. However,heritage conservation needs large investments, while the resources available are scarce, and invest-ment projects are subject to high uncertainties. Therefore, a careful assessment of impacts is neededto orient and direct CH adaptive reuse projects towards sustainability. Recent studies approach theadaptive reuse of abandoned buildings and sites as an effective circular economy strategy, potentiallycontributing to climate objectives through environmental regeneration and the reduction of naturalresources consumption. However, evaluation tools to assess the impacts and orient adaptive reuseinterventions in the perspective of circularity are lacking. Through the analysis of 76 literature sourceson CH impacts, this article explores how indicators are currently used in CH research and practice asimpact assessment tools. More than 3500 indicators were retrieved and classified. Finally, this articleproposes a comprehensive evaluation framework to assess the impacts of cultural heritage adaptivereuse in the perspective of the circular economy. The results show that, while some indicators areavailable, many circularity aspects are not considered in the current studies on CH impacts.

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“…It is a shift from the act of protection to a system of pro-action [39], where adaptive reuse and urban transformation processes could be functional to strengthening local and regional development priorities; where the intervention or the investments on heritage do not depend or derive only from heritage values but, in a demand-driven logic, address competitive growth strategies [39,47]. Furthermore, while regional specialisation strategies promoted by the European Union still do not expressly address heritage as a strategic development sector, the awareness of the positive externalities deriving from the valorisation of built cultural heritage could contribute to intercept non-heritage funding opportunities for the implementation of adaptive reuse and urban transformation projects [52].…”

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Adaptive Reuse Practices and Sustainable Urban Development: Perspectives of Innovation for European Historic Spa Towns

2021

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Spa towns represented, for decades, a point of reference for the European panorama of health, tourism and cultural exchange. They have been the first tourist destination in the modern sense, as well as a manifesto for a renewed demand of quality and laboratories for architectural and urban experimentations. A product of territorial relations, they have been able to aggregate ideas, capital and skills in a generative logic. However, from the second half of the 20th Century, these cities underwent a series of structural changes related to health and tourism trends that deeply affected all levels of their local systems. Today, these places are witnessing numerous episodes of degradation and abandonment of their built cultural heritage. Promoting a place-based approach, this paper argues that spa towns could be reconsidered as strategic resources in the construction of the territorial capital and that adaptive reuse practices, if integrated into strategic visions, can represent a driver for the activation of a sustainability transition based on ‘fully circular’ processes. Here, the abandoned built cultural heritage represents an opportunity space, a potential catalyst of innovative synergies, and a meeting point between local and territorial interests. While referring both to theoretical profiles and applied research experiences, the paper frames urban transformation and adaptive reuse processes as an integrated challenge within change management logics. Finally, the paper proposes a set of thematic recommendations in order to stimulate the creation of receptive environments for change and deal with the different times, scales, actors and the economic and non-economic interests involved.

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Smart Specialisation Strategies for Elevating Integration of Cultural Heritage into Circular Economy

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References 29 publications

The Innovative Response of Cultural and Creative Industries to Major European Societal Challenges: Toward a Knowledge and Competence Base

The Innovative Response of Cultural and Creative Industries to Major European Societal Challenges: Toward a Knowledge and Competence Base

Indicators for Ex-Post Evaluation of Cultural Heritage Adaptive Reuse Impacts in the Perspective of the Circular Economy

Adaptive Reuse Practices and Sustainable Urban Development: Perspectives of Innovation for European Historic Spa Towns

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