Rankings, creativity and urbanism

Authors

  • Joaquín Sabaté Departamento de Urbanismo, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña
  • Manuel Tironi Instituto de Sociología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612008000200001

Keywords:

urban renewal

Abstract

Competition among cities constitutes one of the main factors ofurban renewal, and rankings have become instruments to indícate cities quality. Studying the transformation of an old industrial quarter into a "creative district" by the means ofa large scale urban project we highlight three main conclusions. First, itasks us to reconsider the notion ofurban innovation and hoto past, identity and memory should intégrate the future development. Second, it shows that innovation and knowledge doesn't yield per chance, but are the result ofa large and complex grid of diverse knowledges, spaces, agents and institutions. Finally itforces us to reflect about the valué attributed to the "local" in urban renewalprocesses.

 

Published

2008-08-02

How to Cite

Sabaté, J., & Tironi, M. (2008). Rankings, creativity and urbanism. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 34(102). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612008000200001

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