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Can a temporary manifestation generate long-term knowledge effects in the host region? This paper attempts to answer this question by presenting evidence of knowledge spillover effects created by an Italian literary festival on the... more
Can a temporary manifestation generate long-term knowledge effects in the host region? This paper attempts to answer this question by presenting evidence of knowledge spillover effects created by an Italian literary festival on the surrounding region. To date the role of knowledge creation and dissemination are still mainly investigated in relation to the diffusion of scientific or organisational knowledge by scholars, which is seen as promoting general economic growth. Little attention has been paid to other forms of knowledge or the role of other actors in event-related knowledge generation. This paper reflects on the evidence-based role of a festival as both a knowledge-based creative activity generating intangible products; and as a hybrid and cross-sectoral space linking producers, consumers and places to enhance destination attractiveness. Through the integration of a cross-cutting theoretical approach and empirical analysis this study attempts to show how capitalising on these processes may add distinctiveness to the destination and generate long-term non-economic effects.
Creative districts are springing up around the world. They are seen as catalysts for urban development, creative regeneration and cultural renewal. This volume reviews a wide range of such developments from different cities around the... more
Creative districts are springing up around the world. They are seen as catalysts for urban development, creative regeneration and cultural renewal. This volume reviews a wide range of such developments from different cities around the world. The 500th anniversary of one of the historic creative districts of the world, Bairro Alto, in Lisbon (Portugal) served as a catalyst for the publication of this interactive e-book. In a journey that starts in the heart of the Bairro, several authors and artists take us on a journey to different creative districts around the globe. Creative Districts around the world is a snapshot of the dynamic changes taking place in very different cities, such as London, New York, Johannesburg or Melaka.
AI summary
Creative districts are emerging around the world, serving as catalysts for urban development, creative regeneration, and cultural renewal. Here are some notable creative districts from different parts of the world:
Bairro Alto, Lisbon, Portugal: This historic neighborhood is known for its cultural events and has been a catalyst for the publication of the interactive e-book "Creative Districts around the World"
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Tokyo's Roppongi Design District, Japan: Known for its design-focused enclaves, Roppongi is a popular destination for design lovers
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London's Shoreditch Neighborhood, UK: Shoreditch is a hub for creative industries and has a vibrant street art scene
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Helsinki, Finland: Helsinki is a Creative City of Design by UNESCO and has a thriving design district
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Miami's Buena Vista Neighborhood, USA: This neighborhood came of age in the 1990s with a bevy of furniture and home decor showrooms
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Buenos Aires' Metropolitan Design Center (CMD), Argentina: Located in a former fish market, CMD is the largest design center in Latin America
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Maboneng Precinct, Johannesburg, South Africa: This area offers a mix of restaurants, boutiques, galleries, and coffee shops housed within a collection of old manufacturing buildings
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Kødbyen (Meatpacking District), Copenhagen, Denmark: This area is divided into three separate 'meat cities' and has been partially repurposed for culture and leisure
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Embajadores, Madrid, Spain: Known for its street art and cultural events, Embajadores is a vibrant art neighborhood in Madrid
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798 Art Zone, Beijing, China: This former military-industrial facility has been transformed into a nexus of global art and commerce
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These creative districts are dynamic spaces that reflect the ongoing changes in urban development and the relationship between creativity and urban experience.
AI summary
Creative districts are emerging around the world, serving as catalysts for urban development, creative regeneration, and cultural renewal. Here are some notable creative districts from different parts of the world:
Bairro Alto, Lisbon, Portugal: This historic neighborhood is known for its cultural events and has been a catalyst for the publication of the interactive e-book "Creative Districts around the World"
1
.
Tokyo's Roppongi Design District, Japan: Known for its design-focused enclaves, Roppongi is a popular destination for design lovers
3
.
London's Shoreditch Neighborhood, UK: Shoreditch is a hub for creative industries and has a vibrant street art scene
3
.
Helsinki, Finland: Helsinki is a Creative City of Design by UNESCO and has a thriving design district
3
.
Miami's Buena Vista Neighborhood, USA: This neighborhood came of age in the 1990s with a bevy of furniture and home decor showrooms
3
.
Buenos Aires' Metropolitan Design Center (CMD), Argentina: Located in a former fish market, CMD is the largest design center in Latin America
3
.
Maboneng Precinct, Johannesburg, South Africa: This area offers a mix of restaurants, boutiques, galleries, and coffee shops housed within a collection of old manufacturing buildings
3
.
Kødbyen (Meatpacking District), Copenhagen, Denmark: This area is divided into three separate 'meat cities' and has been partially repurposed for culture and leisure
5
.
Embajadores, Madrid, Spain: Known for its street art and cultural events, Embajadores is a vibrant art neighborhood in Madrid
5
.
798 Art Zone, Beijing, China: This former military-industrial facility has been transformed into a nexus of global art and commerce
5
.
These creative districts are dynamic spaces that reflect the ongoing changes in urban development and the relationship between creativity and urban experience.
This interview presents a conversation between Greg Richards and Jorge Piqué on the development of creative districts and their links to creative tourism. The discussion ranged from the genesis of creative districts and creative tourism... more
This interview presents a conversation between Greg Richards and Jorge Piqué on the development of creative districts and their links to creative tourism. The discussion ranged from the genesis of creative districts and creative tourism to contemporary challenges of creative placemaking. It includes a consideration of the development of cultural tourism, and how creative tourism emerged as a separate field of analysis in the new Millennium. As places have sought to distinguish themselves in an increasingly competitive global market, they have turned to creativity as a source of inspiration. Tourists tired of standardized products and crowded cultural sites have
sought out the more localized experiences provided by creative districts and creative tourism. Creative districts have therefore become a vital tool for placemaking, providing access to the “extraordinary everyday” and generating new models of creative tourism.
Watch the video of the conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMIG6YEp22c&t=68s
sought out the more localized experiences provided by creative districts and creative tourism. Creative districts have therefore become a vital tool for placemaking, providing access to the “extraordinary everyday” and generating new models of creative tourism.
Watch the video of the conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMIG6YEp22c&t=68s
Alameda de Hercules, built in 1574 over the earlier known Stink Pond, was until the Romantic era the favorite place for the aristocracy of Seville to meet: a tree‐covered promenade, with more than 1,700 trees, fountains and columns taken... more
Alameda de Hercules, built in 1574 over the earlier known Stink Pond, was until the Romantic era the favorite place for the aristocracy of Seville to meet: a tree‐covered promenade, with more than 1,700 trees, fountains and columns taken from an ancient Roman temple. From the 19th century, with the expansion to the south of the city and the creation of new aristocratic parks, Alameda had started to decay, becoming an unsafe place during the day and especially at night.
During the 1960s this neighborhood already lost all its enchantment; buildings and villas were demolished and replaced by smaller and more cost‐effective apartments, and any cultural activity disappeared, replaced by insecurity, prostitution, drugs, etc.
Only in the 1990s, with...
During the 1960s this neighborhood already lost all its enchantment; buildings and villas were demolished and replaced by smaller and more cost‐effective apartments, and any cultural activity disappeared, replaced by insecurity, prostitution, drugs, etc.
Only in the 1990s, with...
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- Sevilla, Seville, Creative Districts, Alameda De Hercules
This chapter considers the process of value appropriation embodied and enacted in physical space. Drawing on activism as a construct of value appropriation, the chapter considers the development of cultural activities in Ouseburn Valley... more
This chapter considers the process of value appropriation embodied and enacted in physical space. Drawing on activism as a construct of value appropriation, the chapter considers the development of cultural activities in Ouseburn Valley in Newcastle, UK, as a tool for changing cultural values. While activism has traditionally been associated with activities aimed at promoting or directing social, political, economic or environmental reforms, it is used here as a conceptual framework for understanding the concerted actions of people, which culminate in changes to values, identity and society. The chapter draws on the cultural investment and regeneration of a former industrial area to demonstrate how the characteristics of such spaces contribute to local identity, through reinforcement of heritage, local values and community roots. The designation of cultural and creative districts as one area of the creative economy is then examined as spaces for activism, by focusing on the role of citizen engagement as a tool of activism.
Scenarios for Zabłocie: industrial heritage protected area / city bedroom / business centre / new media & creativity centre / arts & culture centre. Mix?
En este capítulo nos enfocamos a estudiar los patrones espaciales intraurbanos en el consumo de la música popular alternativa en la Zona Metropolitana del Valle del México (ZMVM). Woodside define a la música popular alternativa (MPA)... more
En este capítulo nos enfocamos a estudiar los patrones espaciales intraurbanos en el consumo de la música popular alternativa en la Zona Metropolitana del Valle del México (ZMVM). Woodside define a la música popular alternativa (MPA) como “aquella que se produce bajo las normas de la producción de la música popular comercial y, al mismo tiempo, busca nuevas dinámicas creativas […] a partir de prácticas de ruptura y cuestionamiento” (Woodside Woods et al., p. 91). Los géneros musicales que entran en esta definición son el rock, electrónica, punk, hip hop y surf. Nos parece interesante estudiar los patrones espaciales del consumo de la música alternativa por varias razones, una es que al ser una corriente de música popular los públicos que consumen este tipo de música es posible que estén ubicados en diferentes estratos socioeconómicos y con diferentes niveles de capital cultural, lo contrario ocurre en relación a la música clásica, en la que el público tiende a tener alto capital cultural así como altos niveles educativos. Otro aspecto interesante del consumo de la música alternativa en vivo es que se inserta en el contexto de la economía nocturna. Si bien los conciertos o tocadas de grupos pueden darse a cualquier hora del día, la mayoría de ellos se dan en la noche, forman parte no sólo de un consumo cultural sino de un consumo de entretenimiento, y como tal está ligado al consumo de alcohol y a la búsqueda de relajación y liminalidad que caracteriza al consumo nocturno (Hobbs et al., 2000).
Resumen La aglomeración de empresas culturales/creativas y establecimientos de consumo especializado en distritos urbanos marcados por un proceso de rápida transformación urbana se ha identificado como ‘distritos creativos’ y se asume que... more
Resumen
La aglomeración de empresas culturales/creativas y establecimientos de consumo especializado
en distritos urbanos marcados por un proceso de rápida transformación urbana se ha identificado
como ‘distritos creativos’ y se asume que son clusters económicos, en el sentido en que forman un
sistema aglomerado de empresas especializadas y su correspondiente mercado laboral. Para esta
investigación, estos distritos son una parte visible e idealizada de un cluster económico más grande
que opera en una escala metropolitana y que incluye zonas, empresas y trabajos diversos. Se inicia
este texto discutiendo la problemática conceptual y metodológica de llevar el concepto de cluster
económico a la escala geográfica intraurbana. Con ello, se confronta la idea de ‘distritos creativos’
como espacios económicos funcionales y separables del resto de la economía metropolitana donde
se ubican. Posteriormente, se aplican los métodos que comúnmente se utilizan en los estudios urbanos
sobre industrias creativas para identificar posibles distritos creativos en la Ciudad de México.
Los distritos identificados son contrastados en sus estructuras y especializaciones económicas para
determinar si hay indicios de que, efectivamente, sean espacios económicos funcionales diferenciables
del resto de la zona metropolitana. Se concluye argumentando que los datos encontrados sustentan
la existencia de un solo cluster económico metropolitano y no de pequeños clusters.
Abstract
The agglomeration of cultural / creative industries and specialized retail stores in urban districts
marked by a rapid urban transformation process has been identified as “Creative Districts”. It has
been assumed that these districts are economic clusters in the sense of being an economic system
formed by specialized companies and their corresponding labor market. From our point of view
these districts are only a visible part of a larger economic cluster operating at the metropolitan scale
which includes many different areas, enterprises and jobs. In this paper we discuss the conceptual
and methodological problems of bringing the concept of economic cluster or industrial district
to the intra-urban geographic scale. In order to confront the idea of ‘creative districts’ as functional
economic areas separable from the rest of the metropolitan economy, we apply the methods
commonly used in urban studies on creative industries to identify possible creative districts within
Mexico City. The identified districts are contrasted in their economic structures to determine if
there are indications that indeed they are differentiable functional economic clusters from the rest
of the metropolitan area. We conclude by arguing that the data found sustain the existence of a
single metropolitan economic cluster and no small clusters in urban districts.
Resumo
A aglomeração de empresas culturais/criativas e estabelecimentos de consumo especializado em
distritos urbanos marcados por um processo de rápida transformação urbana se tem identificado
como “Distritos Criativos” e se assume que são clusters económicos no sentido de formar um sistema
aglomerado de empresas especializadas e seu correspondente mercado laboral. Desde nosso
ponto de vista estes distritos são uma parte visível e idealizada de um cluster económico mais grande
que opera em uma escala metropolitana e que inclui zonas, empresas e trabalhos diversos. Iniciamos
este texto discutindo a problemática conceitual e metodológica de levar o conceito de cluster económico à escala geográfica intra-urbana. Com isso confrontamos a ideia de “distritos criativos”
como espaços económicos funcionais e separáveis do resto da economia metropolitana onde se localizam.
Posteriormente, aplicamos os métodos que comumente se utilizam nos estudos urbanos
sobre indústrias criativas para identificar possíveis distritos criativos na Cidade do México. Os distritos
identificados são contrastados em suas estruturas e especialização económicas para determinar
se há indícios de que efetivamente sejam espaços económicos funcionais diferenciáveis do resto da
zona metropolitana. Concluímos argumentando que os dados encontrados sustentam a existência
de um só cluster económico metropolitano e não de pequenos clusters.
La aglomeración de empresas culturales/creativas y establecimientos de consumo especializado
en distritos urbanos marcados por un proceso de rápida transformación urbana se ha identificado
como ‘distritos creativos’ y se asume que son clusters económicos, en el sentido en que forman un
sistema aglomerado de empresas especializadas y su correspondiente mercado laboral. Para esta
investigación, estos distritos son una parte visible e idealizada de un cluster económico más grande
que opera en una escala metropolitana y que incluye zonas, empresas y trabajos diversos. Se inicia
este texto discutiendo la problemática conceptual y metodológica de llevar el concepto de cluster
económico a la escala geográfica intraurbana. Con ello, se confronta la idea de ‘distritos creativos’
como espacios económicos funcionales y separables del resto de la economía metropolitana donde
se ubican. Posteriormente, se aplican los métodos que comúnmente se utilizan en los estudios urbanos
sobre industrias creativas para identificar posibles distritos creativos en la Ciudad de México.
Los distritos identificados son contrastados en sus estructuras y especializaciones económicas para
determinar si hay indicios de que, efectivamente, sean espacios económicos funcionales diferenciables
del resto de la zona metropolitana. Se concluye argumentando que los datos encontrados sustentan
la existencia de un solo cluster económico metropolitano y no de pequeños clusters.
Abstract
The agglomeration of cultural / creative industries and specialized retail stores in urban districts
marked by a rapid urban transformation process has been identified as “Creative Districts”. It has
been assumed that these districts are economic clusters in the sense of being an economic system
formed by specialized companies and their corresponding labor market. From our point of view
these districts are only a visible part of a larger economic cluster operating at the metropolitan scale
which includes many different areas, enterprises and jobs. In this paper we discuss the conceptual
and methodological problems of bringing the concept of economic cluster or industrial district
to the intra-urban geographic scale. In order to confront the idea of ‘creative districts’ as functional
economic areas separable from the rest of the metropolitan economy, we apply the methods
commonly used in urban studies on creative industries to identify possible creative districts within
Mexico City. The identified districts are contrasted in their economic structures to determine if
there are indications that indeed they are differentiable functional economic clusters from the rest
of the metropolitan area. We conclude by arguing that the data found sustain the existence of a
single metropolitan economic cluster and no small clusters in urban districts.
Resumo
A aglomeração de empresas culturais/criativas e estabelecimentos de consumo especializado em
distritos urbanos marcados por um processo de rápida transformação urbana se tem identificado
como “Distritos Criativos” e se assume que são clusters económicos no sentido de formar um sistema
aglomerado de empresas especializadas e seu correspondente mercado laboral. Desde nosso
ponto de vista estes distritos são uma parte visível e idealizada de um cluster económico mais grande
que opera em uma escala metropolitana e que inclui zonas, empresas e trabalhos diversos. Iniciamos
este texto discutindo a problemática conceitual e metodológica de levar o conceito de cluster económico à escala geográfica intra-urbana. Com isso confrontamos a ideia de “distritos criativos”
como espaços económicos funcionais e separáveis do resto da economia metropolitana onde se localizam.
Posteriormente, aplicamos os métodos que comumente se utilizam nos estudos urbanos
sobre indústrias criativas para identificar possíveis distritos criativos na Cidade do México. Os distritos
identificados são contrastados em suas estruturas e especialização económicas para determinar
se há indícios de que efetivamente sejam espaços económicos funcionais diferenciáveis do resto da
zona metropolitana. Concluímos argumentando que os dados encontrados sustentam a existência
de um só cluster económico metropolitano e não de pequenos clusters.
Resumen: Los movimientos de retorno a los centros urbanos en las principales ciudades latinoamericanas han motorizado procesos de renovación urbana en áreas tradicionalmente degradadas que, según aportan nuevas investigaciones,... more
Resumen: Los movimientos de retorno a los centros urbanos en las principales ciudades latinoamericanas han motorizado procesos de renovación urbana en áreas tradicionalmente degradadas que, según aportan nuevas investigaciones, parecieran estar contribuyendo a una tendencia general de amesetamiento en la estructura del valor del suelo. Partiendo de este argumento, el presente artículo analiza el caso de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Se exploran los impactos urbanísticos derivados de las iniciativas de renovación urbana que, desde la década de 1990, el gobierno local lleva adelante en la zona sur, centrando la atención en la política reciente de formación de Distritos Creativos o Económicos. Se efectúa un recorrido sobre el proceso de urbanización, los desequilibrios territoriales y las respuestas desde la planificación y, paralelamente, se emplean estrategias de análisis geográfico que ayudan a comprender la incidencia de estos aspectos sobre la dinámica de la valorización del suelo en la ciudad.
Palabras clave: planificación urbana, mercado de suelo urbano, desequilibrios socioterritoriales, Distritos Creativos, Distrito Económicos, Buenos Aires.
Abstract: The movements of “return to urban centers” in the main Latin American cities have motorized processes of urban renewal in traditionally degraded areas, and as new research suggests, they seem to be contributing to a general trend of settling in the structure of land value. Based on this argument, this article analyzes the case of the City of Buenos Aires. It is proposed to explore the urban impacts derived from the urban renewal initiatives that the local government has been carrying out in the southern zone since the nineties, focusing attention on the recent policy of formation of Economic Districts. A journey is made about the urbanization process, the territorial imbalances and the answers tested from the Planning; and, in parallel, geographical analysis strategies are used to help understand the impact of these aspects on the dynamics of valuation in the City.
Keywords: urban planification, urban land market, socio-territorial imbalance, Creative Districts, Economic Districts, Buenos Aires.
Resumo: Movimentos “voltar para os centros urbanos” nas grandes cidades latino-americanas têm motorizado processos de renovação urbana em áreas tradicionalmente degradadas, e de acordo com uma nova pesquisa fornece, parecem estar contribuindo para uma tendência geral de estagnação na estrutura do valor da terra. Com base nesse argumento, este artigo analisa o caso da cidade de Buenos Aires. Propõe-se explorar os impactos urbanísticos derivados das iniciativas de renovação urbana que o governo local vem realizando na zona sul desde os anos noventa, enfocando a recente política de formação dos Distritos Econômicos. Faz-se um percurso sobre o processo de urbanização, os desequilíbrios territoriais e as respostas testadas a partir do Planejamento; e, em paralelo, estratégias de análise geográfica são usadas para ajudar a entender o impacto desses aspectos na dinâmica de avaliação na cidade.
Palavras-chave: planejamento urbano, mercado de terras urbanas, desequilíbrio sócio-territorial, Distritos Creativos, Distritos Econômicos, Buenos Aires.
Palabras clave: planificación urbana, mercado de suelo urbano, desequilibrios socioterritoriales, Distritos Creativos, Distrito Económicos, Buenos Aires.
Abstract: The movements of “return to urban centers” in the main Latin American cities have motorized processes of urban renewal in traditionally degraded areas, and as new research suggests, they seem to be contributing to a general trend of settling in the structure of land value. Based on this argument, this article analyzes the case of the City of Buenos Aires. It is proposed to explore the urban impacts derived from the urban renewal initiatives that the local government has been carrying out in the southern zone since the nineties, focusing attention on the recent policy of formation of Economic Districts. A journey is made about the urbanization process, the territorial imbalances and the answers tested from the Planning; and, in parallel, geographical analysis strategies are used to help understand the impact of these aspects on the dynamics of valuation in the City.
Keywords: urban planification, urban land market, socio-territorial imbalance, Creative Districts, Economic Districts, Buenos Aires.
Resumo: Movimentos “voltar para os centros urbanos” nas grandes cidades latino-americanas têm motorizado processos de renovação urbana em áreas tradicionalmente degradadas, e de acordo com uma nova pesquisa fornece, parecem estar contribuindo para uma tendência geral de estagnação na estrutura do valor da terra. Com base nesse argumento, este artigo analisa o caso da cidade de Buenos Aires. Propõe-se explorar os impactos urbanísticos derivados das iniciativas de renovação urbana que o governo local vem realizando na zona sul desde os anos noventa, enfocando a recente política de formação dos Distritos Econômicos. Faz-se um percurso sobre o processo de urbanização, os desequilíbrios territoriais e as respostas testadas a partir do Planejamento; e, em paralelo, estratégias de análise geográfica são usadas para ajudar a entender o impacto desses aspectos na dinâmica de avaliação na cidade.
Palavras-chave: planejamento urbano, mercado de terras urbanas, desequilíbrio sócio-territorial, Distritos Creativos, Distritos Econômicos, Buenos Aires.
Resumo: Este trabalho tem por objetivo apontar o valor estratégico da adoção de conceitos e de princípios de economia criativa para a elaboração de políticas de desenvolvimento socioeconômico na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Em publicações... more
Resumo: Este trabalho tem por objetivo apontar o valor estratégico da adoção de conceitos e de princípios de economia criativa para a elaboração de políticas de desenvolvimento socioeconômico na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Em publicações internacionais, encontram-se sínteses de manifestações territoriais, bem como análises de estratégias para a construção de espaços criativos de algumas das principais regiões econômicas do mundo, cujo principal emulador é a criatividade. Com base nestas pesquisas serão apresentadas as dimensões que balizarão a elaboração de projetos para a consolidação do Distrito de Criatividade do Rio de Janeiro, a partir dos quais é sugerida uma agenda de ações estruturantes. Palavras-chave: Economia Criativa. Economia de aglomeração de criatividade. Distrito de Criatividade. Desenvolvimento Regional.
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Abstract: This paper aims to reveal the strategic value of the adoption of creative economy concepts and principles for the elaboration of development policies in Rio de Janeiro. Based on international studies that (a) summarize aspects and features of spatial manifestations that rely on creativity as the main emulator, and (b) formulate strategies for creating creative spaces in some of the major
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Abstract: This paper aims to reveal the strategic value of the adoption of creative economy concepts and principles for the elaboration of development policies in Rio de Janeiro. Based on international studies that (a) summarize aspects and features of spatial manifestations that rely on creativity as the main emulator, and (b) formulate strategies for creating creative spaces in some of the major
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