The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators

Preface to 2nd Edition The Drama of Urban Change * Introduction to 2nd Edition The Creative City: Its Origins and Futures * Part I: Urban Groundshifts * Rediscovering Urban Creativity * Urban Problems, Creative Solutions * The New Thinking * Part II: The Dynamics of Urban Creativity * Creative Urban Transformations * Foundations of the Creative City * The Creative Milieu * Part III: A Conceptual Toolkit of Urban Creativity * Getting Creative Planning Started * Rediscovering Urban Creativity * Assessing and Sustaining the Creative Process * Part IV: The Creative City and Beyond * The Creative City and Beyond * Bibliography * Index

'This book will power the post-industrial revolution.'Lord Richard Rogers'Exceptional.'Erick Villagomez, Re:place'Loaded with clever, thought-provoking ideas.'Landscape Design'Tremendously useful.'Development and Change'Charles Landry is one of the very few people with the experience and imagination to address the fundamental problems that confront cities today.'Tim Campbell, Head of the Urban Partnership, The World Bank'Immensely rewarding. A veritable cascade of stimulating ideas.'Ketso Gordhan, CEO, City of Johannesburg'Finally, someone who has figured out how to make culture a vital part of the modern city.'Marc Pachter, Senior Strategy Advisor to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, Washington, DC'Filled with good advice'George Morgan, Centre for Cultural Research, University of Sydney