The creative city : a toolkit for urban innovators / Charles Landry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landry, Charles, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Urban renewal.

Physical Description:

l, 299 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New Stroud, UK : Comedia ; London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.

Summary:

The Creative City is 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 with a new, extensive overview.

Contents:

Preface to 2nd Edition: The Drama of Urban Change xvi

Introduction to 2nd Edition: The Creative City: Its Origins and Futures xxi

Part 1 Urban Groundshifts

1 Rediscovering Urban Creativity 3

Why are some cities successful? 3

Culture moving centre stage 6

The varieties of creativity 11

2 Urban Problems, Creative Solutions 20

The contemporary city 20

Fault-lines in urbanism 31

3 The New Thinking 41

Innovative thinking for changing cities 49

Imagine a city 71

Part 2 The Dynamics of Urban Creativity

4 Creative Urban Transformations 79

Embedding a culture of creativity in a smaller city: The Creative Town Initiative 79

Helsinki: Uncovering a hidden resource 87

Innovation in a non-innovative setting: Emscher Park 90

Seeding innovation: The Urban Pilot Programme 98

5 Foundations of the Creative City 105

Embedding creativity into the genetic code: The preconditions 105

Personal qualities 107

Will and leadership 108

Human diversity and access to varied talent: Mixing people 111

Organizational culture 112

Fostering strong local identity 118

Urban spaces and facilities 119

Networking and associative structures 125

6 The Creative Milieu 132

Origins of interest 132

What is a creative milieu? 133

The qualities of a creative milieu 140

Harnessing the triggers of creativity 142

Part 3 A Conceptual Toolkit of Urban Creativity

7 Getting Creative Planning Started 163

What is a conceptual toolkit? 163

The Creative City strategy method 166

Culture and creativity 173

Getting the ideas factory going: Creative tools and techniques 176

Civic creativity 190

8 Rediscovering Urban Creativity 197

The urban innovations matrix 197

Lifecycle thinking 205

Urban R&D 215

9 Assessing and Sustaining the Creative Process 224

The cycle of urban creativity 224

The Creative City Development Scale 233

New indicators for creative cities 239

Urbanism and urban literacy 246

Part 4 The Creative City and Beyond

10 The Creative City and Beyond 257

Contours of the next wave of creativity and innovation 257

Towards the Learning City 266

From planning to urban strategy making 268

Appendix 1 Cultural Industries in Tower Hamlets 272

Appendix 2 Glasgow's Cultural Strengths 274

Appendix 3 Visual Arts in Glasgow 275

About Comedia 286.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-285) and index.

ISBN:

9781844075997

1844075990

9781844075980

1844075982

OCLC:

226975692