Cities, Culture and Sustainable Development

Duxbury, Nancy; Cullen, Catherine; Pascual, Jordi

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“…Cultural life contains both the wealth of being able to appreciate and treasure traditions of all peoples and an opportunity to enable the creation and innovation of endogenous cultural forms. (UCLG 2008, 8) The four conceptual threads which underpin claims for culture as a fourth pillar of sustainable development are that: culture must be seen as intangible and tangible capital; culture is a process and a way of life; culture is value-binding; and culture is creative expression (Duxbury, Cullen, and Pascual 2012). This has translated into coherent efforts to ensure that culture is recognised in the post-2015 review of the former Millennium Development Goals.…”

Section: Cultural Heritage In Policy and Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural heritage entanglements: festivals as integrative sites for sustainable urban development

Perry

Ager

Sitas

2019

International Journal of Heritage Studies

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Whilst the importance of cultural heritage in sustainable urban development has been increasingly recognised in policy frameworks at multiple levels, there remains a lack of understanding about how global and international goals land in different places. This paper specifically addresses this question through a study of 18 festivals across the Global North and South. We argue that festivals are integrative sites in which tangible and intangible heritage properties are entangled: bidirectional, co-dependent and non-linear. Given the critical role in linking urban contexts and histories with immaterial experience and meaning in the city, we argue that festivals can illuminate wider concerns. Specifically, this means seeing festivals as part of the 'new heritage paradigm' and assessing their contribution to processes of just urban transformations. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Cultural Heritage In Policy and Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural heritage entanglements: festivals as integrative sites for sustainable urban development

Perry

Ager

Sitas

2019

International Journal of Heritage Studies

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“…"Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (as cited in [2] (p. 384)) is one of the most commonly accepted definitions of sustainability, derived from the report of World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987. Policy and decision makers are widely adopting this concept to plan the future of our society [1]. Initially, this concept referred mainly to environmental issues; however, other areas have also been included in the scope of sustainable development over the years [23].…”

Section: Culture and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In recent years, cities are gradually integrating culture into one of the cores of sustainable planning and policy discussions. Culture is also becoming a part of the emerging sustainable development model [1]. Cultural regeneration refers to "the continued support and strengthening of local cultural processes and structures" [2] (p. 396).…”

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Event and Sustainable Culture-Led Regeneration: Lessons from the 2008 European Capital of Culture, Liverpool

Liu

2019

Sustainability

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Culture-led regeneration has been widely accepted by European cities as an important component of urban renewal and sustainable development. However, the instrumental role of culture in urban regeneration has revealed several controversies. The study aims at contributing to the debate on urban cultural policy and management by answering two research questions: What are the key success factors for sustainable culture-led regeneration? How can cities strike a balance between the dilemmas of culture-led regeneration? Based on a case study of Liverpool as the 2008 European Capital of Culture, this research draws on long-term and multi-faceted data. The study period is from 2007 to 2018, with a view to tracking the long-term impact of event. Liverpool’s strategies for sustainable culture-led regeneration are investigated from three aspects: cultural funding dilemma, economic dilemma and spatial dilemma. The findings reveal that incorporating events in a city’s long-term regeneration trajectory, continued support and enhancement of local cultural processes and structures, and highlighting community involvement and development are major factors to ensure the cultural sustainability of event.

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“…For example, in UK, the embodied energy in the construction of a building is estimated at 15-30 times the annual energy use; which means that it is more sustainable to conserve the existing fabric of our built environment constructed with traditional methods, local materials and skills than demolishing and reconstructing (Lewis 2012;UNESCO 2012b). Current urbanization policies often ignore the importance of cultural heritage preservation and promotion and the great potential of creativity in addressing social, environmental and economic urbanization challenges (Hosagrahar 2013;Duxbury et al 2012).…”

Section: Cities Culture and Sustainable Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Culture in a Sustainable Built Environment

Opoku

2015

Measuring Operations Performance

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The issue of the role of culture in a sustainable built environment is becoming more important due to the growing impact of the built environment in achieving society's sustainable development. Society faces environmental challenges, including climate change and urban population growth and responding to these interconnected challenges is at the centre of society's concerns for its future. This chapter aims to examine literature to advance this emerging area of research by mapping the linkages between the concept of culture, sustainable development and the built environment. A review of a wide-range of relevant literature relating to culture, sustainability and the built environment is presented. This review focused on relevant publications in academic literature that provide evidence of the role of culture in a sustainable built environment. The review of literature highlights the increasing recognition of culture as powerful and important aspect in fostering economic, social and environmental dimensions of development. Culture is a key element in the concept of sustainable development as it frames people's relationships and attitudes towards the built and the natural environment. Sustainable development is an integral part of the society and culture; affecting all aspects of operations in the built environment. This Chapter provides an in-depth insight into the contribution of culture and places culture as the possible fourth dimension of sustainability and an integral part of environmental, economic and social dimensions of sustainable development.

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Cities, Culture and Sustainable Development

Cited by 41 publications

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Cultural heritage entanglements: festivals as integrative sites for sustainable urban development

Cultural heritage entanglements: festivals as integrative sites for sustainable urban development

Event and Sustainable Culture-Led Regeneration: Lessons from the 2008 European Capital of Culture, Liverpool

The Role of Culture in a Sustainable Built Environment

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