This paper explores recent attempts to re-imagine and re-brand northern British cities through processes of economic and (mainly) cultural regeneration. It analyses the creation of new contemporary urban images and presentations and compares these with the economic, social and cultural life experiences of people living in the areas. It examines the process of recharacterising former industrial conurbations as being at the cutting edge of contemporary, postmodern culture. A range of features is identified here within similar political, economic and policy contexts: deindustrialisation and regeneration driven by local business and political elites; emphasis on culture as spectacle to the exclusion of other cultural configurations; reliance on...
considers the main criticisms made of Glasgow’s cultural policy as urban renewal strategy. It argues...
considers the main criticisms made of Glasgow’s cultural policy as urban renewal strategy. It argues...
This paper revisits Glasgow, European City of Culture 1990, and considers the main criticisms made o...
This paper explores recent attempts to re-imagine and re-brand northern British cities through proce...
This paper explores recent attempts to re-imagine and re-brand northern British cities through proce...
Often linked with the development and promotion of local heritage, cultural industry development has...
Often linked with the development and promotion of local heritage, cultural industry development has...
Contemporary regeneration policy is often concerned with the re-branding of the city, for residents,...
Smaller regional cities and former industrial cities throughout North America and Europe have experi...
Smaller regional cities and former industrial cities throughout North America and Europe have experi...
Smaller regional cities and former industrial cities throughout North America and Europe have experi...
Smaller regional cities and former industrial cities throughout North America and Europe have experi...
There is now a substantial academic literature in urban studies critiquing the way that restrictive ...
Two conurbations of the Great Manchester and the Ruhr (and more particularly the valley of Emscher) ...
Touristical attractions special events and urban regeneration in Northern England Since the late 19...
considers the main criticisms made of Glasgow’s cultural policy as urban renewal strategy. It argues...
considers the main criticisms made of Glasgow’s cultural policy as urban renewal strategy. It argues...
This paper revisits Glasgow, European City of Culture 1990, and considers the main criticisms made o...
This paper explores recent attempts to re-imagine and re-brand northern British cities through proce...
This paper explores recent attempts to re-imagine and re-brand northern British cities through proce...
Often linked with the development and promotion of local heritage, cultural industry development has...
Often linked with the development and promotion of local heritage, cultural industry development has...
Contemporary regeneration policy is often concerned with the re-branding of the city, for residents,...
Smaller regional cities and former industrial cities throughout North America and Europe have experi...
Smaller regional cities and former industrial cities throughout North America and Europe have experi...
Smaller regional cities and former industrial cities throughout North America and Europe have experi...
Smaller regional cities and former industrial cities throughout North America and Europe have experi...
There is now a substantial academic literature in urban studies critiquing the way that restrictive ...
Two conurbations of the Great Manchester and the Ruhr (and more particularly the valley of Emscher) ...
Touristical attractions special events and urban regeneration in Northern England Since the late 19...
considers the main criticisms made of Glasgow’s cultural policy as urban renewal strategy. It argues...
considers the main criticisms made of Glasgow’s cultural policy as urban renewal strategy. It argues...
This paper revisits Glasgow, European City of Culture 1990, and considers the main criticisms made o...