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This title was first published in 2003. Seven years after Habitat
II culminated with the Istanbul agreement on Sustainable Urban
Development, this book brings together many of the world's leading
experts from the fields of architecture, urban planning, economics,
sociology, politics, environment and geography to assess the
successes and failures in fulfilling the objectives decided upon at
this historic meeting. Illustrated with a wide range of case
studies, this volume is divided into three main sections; firstly
examining the challenges, secondly, the approaches, and finally,
the practices. The book represents a critical appraisal not only of
the issues related to urban development but also of the modalities
to face these issues from real examples, these in return can be
used as starting points to construct new 'real utopias' or at
least, to future 'best practices'.
This title was first published in 2003. Seven years after Habitat
II culminated with the Istanbul agreement on Sustainable Urban
Development, this book brings together many of the world's leading
experts from the fields of architecture, urban planning, economics,
sociology, politics, environment and geography to assess the
successes and failures in fulfilling the objectives decided upon at
this historic meeting. Illustrated with a wide range of case
studies, this volume is divided into three main sections; firstly
examining the challenges, secondly, the approaches, and finally,
the practices. The book represents a critical appraisal not only of
the issues related to urban development but also of the modalities
to face these issues from real examples, these in return can be
used as starting points to construct new 'real utopias' or at
least, to future 'best practices'.
With the exponential rise in leisure mobility, tourism has
increasingly become of great economic significance. Cultural
heritage, such as museums, churches, historical landscapes, urban
parks, and exhibitions attract many visitors and countries, regions
and cities which house such historic-cultural amenities have seen
increasingly large waves of tourists. While an avalanche of
tourists has a positive impact on the local economy, such modern
mass tourism also brings about negative externalities such as
congestion, decline in quality of life, low access to cultural
amenities and loss of local identity; to the extent that the
sustainability conditions of a locality might be endangered. This
tourism dilemma is particularly pronounced in cities with a rich
cultural past, such as Venice, Naples and Amsterdam. Bringing
together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars from North
America and Europe, this book examines the interface of local
cultural resources and modern mass tourism from a sustainability
perspective. It puts forward innovative methodologies and best case
practice for future cultural conservation policies.
The notion of 'creative cities' - where cultural activities and
creative and cultural industries play a crucial role in supporting
urban creativity and contributing to the new creative economy - has
become central to most regional and urban development strategies in
recent years. A creative city is supposed to develop imaginative
and innovative solutions to a range of social, economic and
environmental problems: economic stagnancy, urban shrinkage, social
segregation, global competition or more. Cities and regions around
the world are trying to develop, facilitate or promote
concentrations of creative, innovative and/or knowledge-intensive
industries in order to become more competitive. These places are
seeking new strategies to combine economic development with quality
of place that will increase economic productivity and encourage
growth. Against this increasing interest in creative cities, this
volume offers a coherent set of articles on sustainable and
creative cities, and addresses modern theories and concepts
relating to research on sustainability and creativity. It analyses
principles and practices of the creative city for the formulation
of policies and recommendations towards the sustainable city. It
brings together leading academics with different approaches from
different disciplines to provide a comprehensive and holistic
overview of creativity and sustainability of the city, linking
research and practice. In doing so, it puts forward ideas about
stimulating the production of an innovative knowledge for a
creative and sustainable city, and transforming a specific
knowledge into a general common knowledge, which suggests best
future policy actions, decision-making processes and choices for
the change towards a human sustainable development of the city.
The notion of 'creative cities' - where cultural activities and
creative and cultural industries play a crucial role in supporting
urban creativity and contributing to the new creative economy - has
become central to most regional and urban development strategies in
recent years. A creative city is supposed to develop imaginative
and innovative solutions to a range of social, economic and
environmental problems: economic stagnancy, urban shrinkage, social
segregation, global competition or more. Cities and regions around
the world are trying to develop, facilitate or promote
concentrations of creative, innovative and/or knowledge-intensive
industries in order to become more competitive. These places are
seeking new strategies to combine economic development with quality
of place that will increase economic productivity and encourage
growth. Against this increasing interest in creative cities, this
volume offers a coherent set of articles on sustainable and
creative cities, and addresses modern theories and concepts
relating to research on sustainability and creativity. It analyses
principles and practices of the creative city for the formulation
of policies and recommendations towards the sustainable city. It
brings together leading academics with different approaches from
different disciplines to provide a comprehensive and holistic
overview of creativity and sustainability of the city, linking
research and practice. In doing so, it puts forward ideas about
stimulating the production of an innovative knowledge for a
creative and sustainable city, and transforming a specific
knowledge into a general common knowledge, which suggests best
future policy actions, decision-making processes and choices for
the change towards a human sustainable development of the city.
With the exponential rise in leisure mobility, tourism has
increasingly become of great economic significance. Cultural
heritage, such as museums, churches, historical landscapes, urban
parks, and exhibitions attract many visitors and countries, regions
and cities which house such historic-cultural amenities have seen
increasingly large waves of tourists. While an avalanche of
tourists has a positive impact on the local economy, such modern
mass tourism also brings about negative externalities such as
congestion, decline in quality of life, low access to cultural
amenities and loss of local identity; to the extent that the
sustainability conditions of a locality might be endangered. This
tourism dilemma is particularly pronounced in cities with a rich
cultural past, such as Venice, Naples and Amsterdam. Bringing
together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars from North
America and Europe, this book examines the interface of local
cultural resources and modern mass tourism from a sustainability
perspective. It puts forward innovative methodologies and best case
practice for future cultural conservation policies.
This book explores the concept of livable cities, where people
enjoy living and being, and examines indicators of citizens'
well-being in relation to the urban environment. It is authored by
experts from diverse disciplines, providing a citizen-centered
perspective on urban well-being in sustainable, environmentally
friendly, and climate-neutral (or -positive) cities. The
contributions focus on the human and social aspects of cities,
developing operational models and frameworks for circular cities,
smart resource utilization, and examining contextual factors such
as environmental and neighborhood quality, energy transition,
climate neutrality, and recycling as factors that influence the
well-being of "homo urbanus.” The chapters approach these topics
from various analytical perspectives, including
conceptual/theoretical, methodological/modeling, policy/planning,
and evidence-based case studies. This book will be of interest to
scholars in regional and spatial science, urban geography,
economics, and related fields, as well as those interested in urban
well-being.
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