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The article provides an overview of local governments’ opportunities to utilise creative city thinking in their local development policy.
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Why is it important?
This paper highlights the importance of relationality of local econimic development in the context of creative economy. The most important message is that our understanding of global urban asymmetry is a precondition for designing sensible creative city policies. The paper presents useful three-fold typology: institutional, business-oriented, and community-oriented approach to creative city, which were exemplified by three Finnish cases, the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, and Kaustinen.
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This paper relates to one of my courses at the University of Tampere, that of 'Creative Urban Development'. I wanted to highlight how theories of creative city relate to local realities and local economic development policy options.
Dr Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
Tampereen yliopisto
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This page is a summary of: Creative city policy in the context of urban asymmetry, Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, December 2014, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0269094214557926.
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