Creative Cluster and Urban Rehabilitation:Case Study in Northeast Brazil

摘要

Nowadays, terms such as Creative Economy and Creative City get criticized in the planning of cities in the face of the emergence of a new economy based on the valuation of knowledge, innovation and creativity as economic assets. Based on this understanding, urbanism concepts, and economic and human relations are interrelated. This paper aims to help better understand the relationship between the implantation of a Creative Cluster and the development of the urban space, based on the conceptual analysis of Creative City and the observation of a specific case in the city of Recife, Brazil, the Porto Digital, envision the possibility of transforming this city into "creative environment" together with the formation of innovation core, and the creation and diffusion of knowledge and supports answering questions related to urban rehabilitation as a way of transforming existing urban environments.