Review: Reframing the 'creative city' through tailored and context-sensitive policies

摘要

Place-making and Policies for Competitive Cities is a book that investigates the relevance of pathways, place and personal networks in the fast-moving field of urban economic competitiveness. The 3Ps concept, together with urban policies tailored to the specific contexts in which cities operate, provide the theoretical framework and the structural logic for the book. The book has been developed on the basis of the European Union (EU) project ACRE. The experiences and policy strategies of 13 cities have been investigated: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Birmingham, Dublin, Helsinki, Milan, Munich, Toulouse, Budapest, Leipzig, Poznan, Riga and Sofia. Drawing on a series of interviews with policymakers, the book provides an original and thought-provoking view on adequate policies towards creative knowledge cities, their economic growth and competitiveness. In addition, it advocates the pertinence of 'context-sensitive tailored approaches' ((ⅹⅶ)) for regional policies and specific economic sectors such as 'creative industries' and 'knowledge-intensive industries'.