Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwa | Journal of Planning Education and Research, 29 (3), 379-391, January 2010
The authors of this article argue that, despite increasing attention to creative cities and cultural planning, “knowledge about what works at various urban and regional scales is sorely lacking”. The authors highlight the relative lack of research “evaluating the efficacy of specific cultural strategies” designed to improve local cultural development.
In particular, they indicate that better information about designated cultural districts and cultural tourism would be useful. Important questions regarding cultural district designations include:
- Is a clustered group of cultural venues better or worse than a “decentralized mosaic of cultural activities” in different neighbourhoods?
- Does a concentrated cultural district attract more tourists than dispersed cultural venues and activities?
- Are designated cultural districts attached to (or detached from) “the fabric of neighborhoods and residences”?
El projecte comunitatXBM és un projecte de la Gerència de Serveis de Biblioteques per donar un nou impuls al treball en xarxa i a la cooperació entre tots aquells agents compromesos amb el desenvolupament dels serveis bibliotecaris municipals.
