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Cultural planning, an urban renaissance? / Graeme Evans.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001Description: xv, 335 p. : illISBN:
  • 0415207320 (pbk.)
  • 0415207312
Other title:
  • Cultural planning
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 711.57
LOC classification:
  • NX720. E94 2001
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Historical Evolution of City Arts and Cultural Planning -- 3. Urban Culture and the early Industrial City -- 4. Amenity Planning and the Arts Centre -- 5. Models and Standards of Arts Provision -- 6. The Cultural Economy - from Arts Amenity to Culture Industry -- 7. European Common Culture and Planning for Regional Development -- 8. Cities of Culture and the Urban Renaissance -- 9. Planning for the Arts: An Urban Renaissance?
Review: "From its ancient roots in the cities of classical Athenian, Roman and Byzantium empires, to the European Renaissance, public culture shows both a historic continuity and contemporary response to economic and social change. This work examines how and why the cultures have been planned and the extent to which cultural amenities have been considered in town planning."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The Historical Evolution of City Arts and Cultural Planning -- 3. Urban Culture and the early Industrial City -- 4. Amenity Planning and the Arts Centre -- 5. Models and Standards of Arts Provision -- 6. The Cultural Economy - from Arts Amenity to Culture Industry -- 7. European Common Culture and Planning for Regional Development -- 8. Cities of Culture and the Urban Renaissance -- 9. Planning for the Arts: An Urban Renaissance?

"From its ancient roots in the cities of classical Athenian, Roman and Byzantium empires, to the European Renaissance, public culture shows both a historic continuity and contemporary response to economic and social change. This work examines how and why the cultures have been planned and the extent to which cultural amenities have been considered in town planning."--BOOK JACKET.

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