The Creative City: Vision and Execution; edited by James E. Doyle and Biljana Mickov; challenges the popular understanding of the Creative City; by bridging the gap between the Creative City as concept and the Creative City as practice and; in so doing; provides a contemporary template for policy makers; city planners; and citizens alike. The book will offer researchers and pragmatists a series of real-life examples of successful cultural and creative practice throughout Europe; reflecting on the analysis and thinking that forms our contemporary understanding of the creative city. It will examine and explain the changes to the concept of the rsquo;creative cityrsquo;; explore its connectivity to the cultural sector as well as other sectors and practices across Europe and will serve to illustrate the perspectives of Cultural Managers; Educators; Professionals and Researchers from the creative sector in Dublin and Europe. This book will present the reader; and the cultural sector at large; with a new reality based on the quality of contemporary creative practice. Doyle and Mickov address cultural trends such as sustainability and social networking and how they value-impact our attitudes towards culture and the creative city By recognizing that we live in a time of rapid change; which affects all systems; financial models; resources; the economy and technology; we also recognize that the creative process is at the heart of our responses to these changes.
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