Creative City as an Urban Development Strategy

The Case of Selected Malaysian Cities
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-981-1612-93-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 201 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 296 g

This book is a pioneering work to position the creative city concept within Malaysian urban development discourse. The chapters are written and systematically sequenced to be all-encompassing and comprehensible to audiences both from the academic and non-academic realms. The nascency of creative city development in Malaysia has motivated the timely exploration of the viability of this strategy for selected Malaysian cities (i.e. Kuala Lumpur, George Town, Ipoh, Johor Bahru). The book also discusses the global discourse on creative city and its critiques. This is followed by an overview of Malaysia’s macrolevel socio-economic and political structures as well as national policies to frame the Malaysian creative city narrative. The case study chapters are novel, as each Malaysian city unravels its unique experiences and dissects the way the city responds to the creative city agenda amidst local nuances and idiosyncrasies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chang, Nicole Shu Fun

Khoo, Suet Leng

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CHAPTER 1: The backdrop and nascency of creative city development: brief overview.- CHAPTER 2: Definition and classification: globally.- CHAPTER 3: Malaysian definition, classification and taxonomy of creative city.- CHAPTER 4: Critique of creative city discourse.- CHAPTER 5: George Town World Heritage Site as aspiring creative city.- CHAPTER 6: Potential creative cities in Malaysia: three (3) case studies (i.e. Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Ipoh) – A Regional Development Analysis.

Über Autor(innen)

Suet Leng Khoo, Associate Professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia, has been involved in research related to creative cities for ten years. She has undertaken research projects funded by the Sumitomo Foundation and also the Newton Fund. Suet Leng has published extensively on creative cities in both international and local journals.

Nicole Shu Fun Chang studied the contributions of the arts sector as part of the creative economy in local economic development for her PhD research. Her research looks into the potential of the art sector, focusing on the visual art industry as a core creative industry, in developing a creative city.