Cultural capitals revaluing the arts, remaking urban spaces - Johnson, Louise C. (Ashgate Pub., 2009)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Creating value, valuing creativity -- Conceptualising the cultural industries/cultural capitals -- The emergence of cultural capitals -- Glasgow: cultural tourism and design -- Bilbao: the Guggenheim and the post-modern city of spectacle -- Singapore: post-colonial city of cultural heritage and performance -- Geelong as a cultural capital? Down under echoes -- Cultural capitals: re-valuing the arts, re-making sustainable city spaces
This work is about the power of the arts to enhance city images, urban economies & communities. Anchored in academic discussion of the cultural industries, it offers a series of case studies drawn from five countries - Australia, Singapore, Spain, UK, US - to support an argument for the arts contributing to sustainable urban regeneration
Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays; Arts and society; Cultural industries; Cultural policy; Culture and tourism; Urban renewal; Arts and society -- Case studies; Cultural policy -- Case studies; Culture and tourism -- Case studies; Urban renewal -- Case studies; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Dienstleistungssektor; Kulturelle Entwicklung; Stadtumbau; Fallstudiensammlung