Place-making and Policies for Competitive Cities.

Place-making and Policies for Competitive Cities.

This solidly grounded and policy-focused study on the urban policy of place-making analyses the management for knowledge-intensive cities. This book highlights best practices for different contexts in managing knowledge-intensive cities and draws on the experiences of thirteen European urban regions...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Musterd, Sako
Other Authors: Kovacs, Zoltan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicester : Wiley, 2013.
Subjects:
City planning.
Urban policy.
Community development, Urban.
City planning
Community development, Urban
Urban policy
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Place-making and Policies for Competitive Cities; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; PART I INTRODUCTION; 1 Policies and Place-making for Competitive Cities; Policy progress; Economic sectors; Questions and approaches; References; 2 Prevailing Policies versus New Tailored Policies; Introduction; Infrastructure, communication, tax and cluster policies; Creative class debates and policy hypes related to technology, tolerance and talent (3Ts); New tailored policies linked to pathways, place and personal networks (3Ps); Three parts; References; PART II PATHWAYS.
  • 3 Policies Built upon PathwaysPathways and urban development; Capitalising on layers of development; Power centres with sustained positions; Post-socialist policies and the struggle with the past; References; 4 Policies towards Multi-Layered Cities and Cluster Development; Introduction; Multi-layered cities; Path dependence of cluster development and the role of policies; Multi-layered cities in Western Europe and in Eastern and Central Europe; Conclusions; References; 5 Capitalising on Position: Policies for Competitive Capital and non-Capital Cities; Introduction.
  • The function of capital versus non-capital citiesSelected capital and non-capital cities in the ACRE study; Capital cities: development pathways and policies; Development pathways of non-capital cities; Policies for competitive non-capital cities; Conclusions; References; 6 Addressing the Legacy of Post-Socialist Cities in East Central Europe; Introduction; Key features of post-socialist cities affecting urban policies; The role and structure of the creative and knowledge-intensive sectors; Challenges and policy responses; Policy recommendations; Concluding remarks; References; PART III PLACE.
  • 7 The Importance of Places and Place BrandingIntroduction; Sense of place and placelessness; Place-making, place marketing and place branding; Shifting focus of place-making in competitive cities; References; 8 Policies towards Place Attraction and Policies for Place Retention; Introduction: place-making and the creative knowledge economy; The evolution of 'place-making'; Developing policies oriented towards the retention of creative and knowledge workers; Policy reorientation: a focus on place retention; Conclusion: place-making policy formation; References.
  • 9 Urban Regeneration and Housing as Potential Tools for Enhancing the Creative EconomyIntroduction; Links between urban regeneration and the creative economy; Housing for everyone and housing for creative people; How can regeneration and housing support the creative economy?; Conclusions; References; 10 Successes and Failures in City Branding Policies; Introduction; Theories on place branding: the role played by cultural and creative industries; Some empirical evidence; Conclusions: evaluating city branding processes; Acknowledgements; References; 11 Policies for Small and Large Cities.

Similar Items