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Forty years of European Capitals of Culture in their own words: what cities promised, what they did, and what the evaluations found.

documents: 472
cities: 190
evaluations: 53
bid books: 182; 1985–2031

13 documents of type strategy or research for “Urban regeneration”

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Urban branding (Patras 2006)

What the document types mean

Bid book (pre-selection): A city's first application for the title, judged by the selection panel to make the shortlist.; Evidence of intent: what a city promised, not what it delivered.
Bid book (final selection): A shortlisted city's full, final application for the title, with its programme, budget and plans.; Evidence of intent: what a city promised, not what it delivered.
Selection panel report: The EU expert panel's assessment of the bids in one competition, with its reasons and its recommendation.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Monitoring panel report: The EU expert panel's report on a designated city's preparations before its title year, with its advice.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Ex-post evaluation: An assessment, written after the title year or a programme, of what it actually achieved, usually by independent evaluators.; Evidence of outcome: what actually happened.
Monitoring or progress report: A city's own report on how its programme is going, written while it runs, with the figures it has tracked.; Evidence of outcome: what actually happened.
Strategy: A city's long-term plan or policy for culture, including legacy strategies and council decisions.; A plan: how a city meant to deliver and keep going.
Action plan: A concrete plan of what a city or organisation will do, by when and with what resources.; A plan: how a city meant to deliver and keep going.
Guide or toolkit: Practical how-to material that others can reuse: guides, toolkits, handbooks and templates.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Research: Studies, frameworks and papers across one or more cities, written by researchers rather than by a city.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Other: Anything else: news, memos, programme brochures and documents that fit no type above.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.

…substantive infrastructure uncompleted, no perceivable legacy in terms of economic opportunities, regional development, sustainable growth Urban Regeneration Review • Lack of a strategic plan and many small projects rather than large…

Istanbul 2010

Istanbul · 2010

Urban rehabilitation and regeneration projects directly supported by Istanbul 2010 Agency In spite of such unfortunate implementations where Istanbul 2010 Agency has had neither the power nor the authority to intervene, there are also…

Lille 2004 and the role of culture in the regeneration of Lille métropole

Lille · 2004

Nearby, a new urban district is planned, with the aim of ensuring the development of Metz over the next 20 years. In Lens, a city close to Lille where the social and economic crisis is still very strong, the Louvre has decided to open a…

European Capitals of Culture: success strategies and long-term effects (Garcia and Cox, European Parliament, 2013)

2013

…of development (tourism infrastructure, public realm, and so on), it is often not clear what the potential lasting impact might be in terms of urban regeneration (see European Commission, 2009: 7, referring to the ex-post evaluations of…

Urban anxieties and creative tensions in the European Capital of Culture 2005 (Cork)

Cork · 2005

Keywords: European Capital of Culture; cultural policy; urban regeneration; Ireland; Cork city Introduction In October 2004, in the run-up to its year as European Capital of Culture (ECOC) in 2005, Dr Franco Bianchini gave a lecture in…

Deconstructing the creative city: snapshots from Helsinki (Helsinki 2000)

Helsinki · 2000

Deconstructing the Creative City: Snapshots from Helsinki Since the 1990s, innovation, culture and creativity have become new catchwords in urban development as a growing number of cities started promoting and marketing themselves with a…

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London

…and has been utilised in other cities throughout the world – is that the ECoC as a major cultural policy investment, can be a driver for urban regeneration and lead to sustainable long-term positive change.

The Impact of Cultural Events on City Image (Rotterdam 2001)

Rotterdam · 2001

JANSSON, A. (2003) The negotiated city image: reproduction and change through urban con- sumption, Urban Studies, 40(3) pp. 463–479. JENKINS, O. (1999) Understanding and measuring tourist destination images, International Jour- nal of…

Governing ECoCs (Sibiu 2007)

Sibiu · 2007

…it as a tool to legitimize the EU project and to promote a sense a belonging and local governance structures can use it as a route for urban transformation and as an entrepreneurial strategy of urban governance (Harvey 1989).

Culture and Creative Industries Strategy 2026–2035

BrnoBrno · 2026

When revita- lising public space, Brno will also take into account and explore the possibilities of its artistic revitalisation so that new urban districts include amenities in the cultural and creative fields.

Strategy in Practice in Brno: Brno Sculpture

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Strategy in Practice in Brno: Brno Sculpture

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