Creative City Policy and the Gap with Theory

Trip, J.J.; Romein, Arie

doi:10.1080/09654313.2013.790592

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“…The Table 1 below shows the sub-dimensions, and the general and specific indicators most commonly used in the theoretical and empirical literature on this topic. Summarizing, it is urgent and pertinent to study the performance of creative cities, and so it is essential to compile these indices with economic (supply/demand), social, and cultural indicators, so that urban policies can be improved [87], to encourage cities' long-term sustainable growth [88], meaning economic growth at the micro and macro level [89], and also because more studies are important in cities with platforms/networks (micro level) that act as facilitators of growth (macro level) [90] and on partnerships between all parties involved (public, private, and citizens) [91].…”

Section: Indicators Of Creative Performancementioning

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Composite Index to Measure Cities’ Creative Performance: An Empirical Study in the Portuguese Context

Rodrigues

Franco

2019

Sustainability

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This study aims to identify the indicators/indices for measuring current cities’ creative performance and the individual weight of each in that performance. To do so, a review and compilation of theoretical and empirical indices already developed was undertaken, showing culture, the creative economy, and a favourable environment as inseparable sub-dimensions of creativity. This compilation allowed the construction of a Composite Index for Creativity, using a quantitative methodology, which revealed 17 factors determining cities’ creative performance, for the evaluation of performance in the Portuguese context, which allows monitoring the degree of implementation of some of the targets of the 2020 Strategy. The results illustrate that Portugal follows the European tendency of including creativity in its strategies as an economic factor determining growth. With scientific rigour and quality, the weights of each sub-dimension studied in the Composite Index were determined, this being the study’s main contribution. Other implications for theory and practice and an agenda for future research are also presented.

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Section: Indicators Of Creative Performancementioning

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Composite Index to Measure Cities’ Creative Performance: An Empirical Study in the Portuguese Context

Rodrigues

Franco

2019

Sustainability

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“…Moreover, several economic perspectives have been developed to address the economic value of new ideas (Howkins, 2002), creative industries (Connor et al, 2007) and artistic occupations (Cunningham, 2011;Markusen & Schrock, 2006). Several studies have criticized the creative city approach (Catungal, Leslie, & Hii, 2009;Mayer, 2012;Trip & Romein, 2014). Some studies highlight how oftentimes, city authorities reproduce simplistic notions of creativity, and as a result, certain forms of creativity become valued and other forms are ignored (Edensor, Leslie, Millington, & Rantisi, 2010).…”

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Becoming a creative city: perspectives from Augustus’ Rome

Redaelli

2015

Urban Geography

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The creative city discourse has been shaping cultural policy worldwide. Among the multifaceted goals highlighted by scholars, one aspect that is not thoroughly emphasized is the understanding of creative cities in terms of culture-centric approaches to foster city cohesion. In this paper, I study the value of focusing the idea of the creative city to integrate diverse communities in a historic context: the city of Rome during the reign of Augustus. The aim is to provide a broader historic frame of reference to better articulate the function of the creative city discourse. Through the analysis of primary and secondary literature in Ancient Studies, I highlight three aspects of Augustus' remaking of Rome: integration, spectacles, and beauty. From these aspects, what emerges is the idea of a creative city as a vital and spectacular place that offers access to arts and culture involving the diversity of the population, presenting a wide range of art forms, and enhancing the beauty of the built space.

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“…Florida's CC formula for urban regeneration became a paradigmatic example of a neoliberal “fast policy” advocated by a mega‐star expert (Kong ; Peck , , 2016). Among different formulations that direct cities how to generate urban growth, Florida's model is identified as a “people‐oriented approach” (Trip and Romein ). Compared to a “business‐oriented approach” such as Michael Porter's Cluster theory, which focuses on boosting the number of workplaces in the city, Florida's theory emphasizes that “jobs follow people” and not the other way around.…”

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Making Jerusalem “Cooler”: Creative Script, Youth Flight, and Diversity

Keidar

2018

City & Community

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The creative city approach, already one of the most popular urban development models in recent years, continues to spread to new destinations. When urban scholars explain how ideas become canon, including the particular case of the creative city approach, they usually focus on political‐economic mechanisms, the role of global elite networks, and the interests of local economic growth coalitions. These explanations are insightful but miss the political‐cultural projects that cities pursue concurrently to the creative city approach, two aims that sometimes reinforce each other and sometimes contradict. Using interviews and fieldwork, I follow the importation of the creative city approach to the contested city of Jerusalem, and argue that the drive to adopt the creative script cannot be explained only by political‐economic forces, but also by the local political‐cultural projects of preserving Jerusalem as a Zionist city. Moreover, I suggest three directions for interpreting the role of local forces in the adoption and translation of urban ideas.

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Creative City Policy and the Gap with Theory

Cited by 28 publications

References 29 publications

Composite Index to Measure Cities’ Creative Performance: An Empirical Study in the Portuguese Context

Composite Index to Measure Cities’ Creative Performance: An Empirical Study in the Portuguese Context

Becoming a creative city: perspectives from Augustus’ Rome

Making Jerusalem “Cooler”: Creative Script, Youth Flight, and Diversity

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