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The Role Of Corporate Social Responsibility In Urban Regeneration, Julie Gannon, Gillian O'Brien
The Role Of Corporate Social Responsibility In Urban Regeneration, Julie Gannon, Gillian O'Brien
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Capitalising On Culture: An Evaluation Of Culture-Led Urban Regeneration Policy, Luke Binns
Capitalising On Culture: An Evaluation Of Culture-Led Urban Regeneration Policy, Luke Binns
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Municipal authorities throughout Western Europe are attempting to drive regeneration of their urban centres through policies designed to attract inward investment and tourism. In an attempt to woo these outside economic agents in, a variety of cultural consumption oriented policies have been developed and marketed. These include investment in hard cultural-infrastructure such as museums or art galleries, and in less physical aspects such as holding events like the European Capital of Culture. A polemical debate surrounds this use of cultural policy with a clearly economic agenda. This paper gives a brief synopsis of some culture-led regeneration models, addresses the validity …
Imagine Ahead, Plan Backwards: Prospective Methodology In Urban And Regional Planning, Elzbieta Krawczyk, John Ratcliffe
Imagine Ahead, Plan Backwards: Prospective Methodology In Urban And Regional Planning, Elzbieta Krawczyk, John Ratcliffe
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Predict And Provide Vs Explore, Envision And Plan: Transforming The Urban Planning Approach Towards The Future, Elzbieta Krawczyk, John Ratcliffe
Predict And Provide Vs Explore, Envision And Plan: Transforming The Urban Planning Approach Towards The Future, Elzbieta Krawczyk, John Ratcliffe
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Thinking about the future of humanity cannot be separated from thinking about the future of cities. Today, half of the world’s population lives in cities and the number of urban dwellers is constantly growing. On one hand, cities play a key role in generating economic growth; they are cores of human activity and frontiers of technological and cultural progress. On the other, urban areas are a source of a broad range of social and environmental problems and are especially vulnerable to the threats posed by factors such as climate change, terrorism, pandemic, social and cultural clashes. Considering the role and …