The aim of this paper is to establish the notion of the creative city,show its essential characteristics,and critically evaluate and analyse what elements impact creativity and innovation in cities using real case stu...The aim of this paper is to establish the notion of the creative city,show its essential characteristics,and critically evaluate and analyse what elements impact creativity and innovation in cities using real case studies and related literature.Finally,in the essay,the topic of whether or not China will have creative cities in the future is asked,and the feasibility of constructing creative cities in China is discussed,prompting a new way of thinking about China’s future creative city plan.展开更多
The paper observes that one of the most significant changes experienced by global cities in their growth is that(fortunately)they keep a Relentless Resilience of some of their urban components.These are clearly percei...The paper observes that one of the most significant changes experienced by global cities in their growth is that(fortunately)they keep a Relentless Resilience of some of their urban components.These are clearly perceived as configuring territorial fragmentations,either in extra-or intra-urban location,caused by the obsolescence of uses non-aligned to contemporary life;and territorial discontinuities interspersed along the conurbation.It is precisely in these fragments that good opportunities for the smart growth of a global city can be detected.They represent a trend towards a curtailment of the undesired sprawl and the creation of new places that will somehow act as“gluing”the fractures.Indeed,one of the most striking features of contemporary cities has been the strong tendency to value their old memories through redeveloping their heritage assets.The newest trend is to reuse them under the generical denomination of“Cultural and Creative Parks”,in line with the ideas of the“creative economy”and the revitalization of brownfields.展开更多
文摘The aim of this paper is to establish the notion of the creative city,show its essential characteristics,and critically evaluate and analyse what elements impact creativity and innovation in cities using real case studies and related literature.Finally,in the essay,the topic of whether or not China will have creative cities in the future is asked,and the feasibility of constructing creative cities in China is discussed,prompting a new way of thinking about China’s future creative city plan.
文摘The paper observes that one of the most significant changes experienced by global cities in their growth is that(fortunately)they keep a Relentless Resilience of some of their urban components.These are clearly perceived as configuring territorial fragmentations,either in extra-or intra-urban location,caused by the obsolescence of uses non-aligned to contemporary life;and territorial discontinuities interspersed along the conurbation.It is precisely in these fragments that good opportunities for the smart growth of a global city can be detected.They represent a trend towards a curtailment of the undesired sprawl and the creation of new places that will somehow act as“gluing”the fractures.Indeed,one of the most striking features of contemporary cities has been the strong tendency to value their old memories through redeveloping their heritage assets.The newest trend is to reuse them under the generical denomination of“Cultural and Creative Parks”,in line with the ideas of the“creative economy”and the revitalization of brownfields.
