Advanced Introduction to the Creative City

Download or read book Advanced Introduction to the Creative City written by Charles Landry and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the leading authority Charles Landry, inventor of the concept of the creative city, this timely book offers an insightful and engaging introduction to the field. Exploring the development of the concept, it discusses the characteristics of cities, the qualities of creativity, the creative and regeneration repertoires and the gentrification dilemma. Other key topics of this definitive work include ambition and creativity, cities and psychology, digitization and the creative bureaucracy.