Product Description

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 to contain a new introduction and case studies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47030 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 349 pages

Review
"* '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"

From the Publisher
'...shows how new modes of thinking can help regenerate cities facing the challenge of survival’
Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning, University College London

‘Charles Landry is one of the very few people with the experience and imagination to address the fundamental problems that confront cities today... gives this book a unique authority’
Tim Campbell, Head of the Urban Partnership, The World Bank
'Immensely rewarding. A veritable cascade of stimulating ideas for anyone practically involved in making their city work.'
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

‘…a stimulating text with numerous case studies…’
Aslib Book Guide, Vol. 65, No 10

For all those involved in urban planning, professionally or academically, this is essential reading.’
SPEL (SCOTTISH PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW), No 83, Feb 2001
‘…exhorting decision makers makers to think afresh, become holistic, take risks, innovate, emulate and evaluate…provides a toolkit…'
URBAN POLICY RESEARCH, March 2001

About the Author
Charles Landry is an international authority on the future of cities and the creative use of culture in urban revitalization. He has worked in over 30 countries, advising city and cultural leaders and multilateral institutions such as The World Bank. He has lectured widely in Europe, America and Australasia and is founder and senior partner of Comedia, Britain’s leading cultural planning consultancy.