Understanding culture and creativity in urban development: what it means for George Town, Penang?
Culture and creativity are fast emerging as catalysts to spur economic development in urban settings. Many Western cities have leveraged upon culture and cultural industries to revitalize and regenerate their urban spaces following a failure in their industrial base. This trend is also unfolding i...
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| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11398/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11398/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11398/1/16235-45531-1-PB.pdf |
| Summary: | Culture and creativity are fast emerging as catalysts to spur economic development in urban settings. Many
Western cities have leveraged upon culture and cultural industries to revitalize and regenerate their urban
spaces following a failure in their industrial base. This trend is also unfolding in Asian cities like George
Town where the elements of culture and creativity are currently being earmarked as the city’s engine of
economic growth and progress. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to explore and understand the meaning
of culture and cultural industries in George Town, especially with the influences of internal and external
global forces shaping the city’s urban development. As a city that is undergoing constant social
transformations, the element of culture and the types of cultural industries that follow suit are also in a
constant state of flux. Thus, defining and understsanding culture in a continuously morphing city like George
Town will assist urban managers and policy-makers towards more informed decisions on how next to
leverage upon culture as the city’s main source of endowment. |
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