European Capital of Culture Designation as an Initiator of Urban Transformation in the Post-socialist Countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23141925 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tuuli Lähdesmäki (0000-0002-5166-489X, University of Jyväskylä, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 481-497 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Planning Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0965-4313 • E-ISSN: 1469-5944 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09654313.2012.752438 |
| OpenAlex | W2137337255 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 35 |
Since 1985, the EU has designated cities as European Capital of Culture (ECOC) for 1 year at a time. Various ECOCs have used the designation as a tool to revive the city space. The cultural initiatives, such as the ECOC designation, are the EU's political instruments, whose significance has increased during the recent decades, and through which the EU aims to influence various political objectives, such as the unity of the Union and economic growth. These particular objectives were brought into the focus of the ECOC initiative during the Eastern enlargement of the Union. Since 2007, various Central and Eastern European cities have aimed to regenerate their economy through large construction projects, developing and repairing public spaces, investing in creative industries and transforming the image of the city, with the help of the ECOC brand. On one hand, the investments have recreated the cities with a unified modern look and an up-to-date atmosphere. On the other hand, the ECOC designation can be criticized for homogenizing the urban spaces in European cities by forcing the cities to follow certain criteria and expecting them to obey certain cultural values and trends in the urban development.
Business · Capital (architecture) · Economic geography · Economic policy · Economic system · Economics · Economy · European union · Geography · Political science · Politics · Resizing · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Urbanization and City Planning
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Cross Analysis of the Case Studies
Case 1
EU Cultural Policy
Heritage and Festivals in Europe
Identity politics of the European Capital of Culture initiative and the audience reception of cultural events compared
Europe from Below
Soundscape in the context of the European Capital of Culture competition
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Disagreement over monuments
Heritage diplomacy through the lens of the European Capitals of Culture programme
Fashioning a City of Culture
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Heritage, gentrification, participation
The dynamics of EU cultural policies in post-socialist urban regeneration strategies
Tensions between Urban Heritage Policy and Compact City Planning – A Practice Review
Arts and creativity
Leeuwarden 2018
Understanding public interest in the preservation of Sibiu's local heritage
Neoliberal place competition and culturephilia
The Rise of the Creative Class
The creative city
The Creative City
City/culture discourses
Cultural Policy and Urban Regeneration in Western European Cities
Becoming Europeans
Eventful Cities
Let’s Audit Bohemia
Reading the Environment as Text
Creative industries in a European Capital of Culture
Rhetoric of unity and cultural diversity in the making of European cultural identity
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The end(s) of national cultures? Cultural policy in the face of diversity
Discourses of Europeanness in the reception of the European Capital of Culture events
Urban Waterfront Regeneration and Local Governance in Tallinn
Creative Cities
Flagship developments and the physical upgrading of the post‐socialist inner city
Gentrification in central moscow ‐ a market process or a deliberate policy? money, power and people in housing regeneration in ostozhenka
Changes in the internal spatial structure of post-communist Prague
Festivals, special events, and tourism
Globalisation, Institutional Structures and Real Estate Markets in Central European Cities
Reclaiming Urbanity
Creativity
Whither European Citizenship
Inventing the 'People's Europe
A European Identity
Struggling with the Creative Class
Urban Development and the Politics of a Creative Class
Europe
| Unique citing works | 26 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |