The Creative City
A Toolkit for Urban Innovators
By Charles Landry
Second Edition
'This book will power the post-industrial revolution.'
Lord Richard Rogers
Paperback
Sample Chapter
July 2008 •
352 pages •
216 x 138mm •
ISBN 9781844075980
The Creative City is a clarion call for imaginative action in developing and running urban life. It shows how to think, plan and act creatively in addressing urban issues, with remarkable examples of innovation and regeneration from around the world. This revised edition of Charles Landry's highly influential text has been updated with a new, extensive overview.
'Exceptional.'
Erick Villagomez, Re:place
'Loaded with clever, thought-provoking ideas.'
Landscape Design
'Tremendously useful.'
Development and Change
'Charles Landry is one of the very few people with the experience and imagination to address the fundamental problems that confront cities today.'
Tim Campbell, Head of the Urban Partnership, The World Bank
'Immensely rewarding. A veritable cascade of stimulating ideas.'
Ketso Gordhan, CEO, City of Johannesburg
'Finally, someone who has figured out how to make culture a vital part of the modern city.'
Marc Pachter, Senior Strategy Advisor to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, Washington, DC
'Filled with good advice'
George Morgan, Centre for Cultural Research, University of Sydney
CONTENTS
Preface to 2nd Edition The Drama of Urban Change
Introduction to 2nd Edition The Creative City: Its Origins and Futures
Part I: Urban Groundshifts
Rediscovering Urban Creativity
Urban Problems, Creative Solutions
The New Thinking
Part II: The Dynamics of Urban Creativity
Creative Urban Transformations
Foundations of the Creative City
The Creative Milieu
Part III: A Conceptual Toolkit of Urban Creativity
Getting Creative Planning Started
Rediscovering Urban Creativity
Assessing and Sustaining the Creative Process
Part IV: The Creative City and Beyond
The Creative City and Beyond
Bibliography
Index
Charles Landry is an international authority on the future of cities and the creative use of culture in urban revitalization. In 1978, he founded Comedia, which seeks to rethink the major global issues for cities. He is author of The Art of City-Making (2006) and co-author of The Intercultural City (2007).