The Creative City

A Toolkit for Urban Innovators

Charles Landry

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Earthscan Ltd
14 July 2008

City & town planning - architectural aspects; Urban & municipal planning

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.

By: Charles Landry
Imprint: Earthscan Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781844075997
ISBN 10: 1844075990
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 14 July 2008
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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).

Reviews for The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators

* 'A stimulating book which will help to change our outmoded views on the importance of imagination and culture as creative forces in the renaissance of our cities. This book will power the post-industrial revolution' Lord Richard Rogers * 'Immensely rewarding. A veritable cascade of stimulating ideas for anyone practically involved in making their city work' Ketso Gordhan, CEO, City of Johannesburg * 'Tremendously useful for practitioners in urban planning and revitalization' 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