B García - International journal of cultural policy, 2004 - Taylor & Francis

Urban regeneration, arts programming and major events: Glasgow 1990, Sydney 2000 and Barcelona 2004.

Cultural Transformation in the Geoscience Community AND Program Evaluation

García

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Excerpt

The potential of arts activity as a tool for urban regeneration has been widely discussed since the early 1980s. In parallel, notions of “cultural/urban tourism” and “arts/city marketing” have gained great popularity among marketers, city planners and cultural policy‐makers alike. Major events are seen as effective catalysts for city regeneration processes as they are able to merge tourism strategies with urban planning and can boost the confidence of local communities. However, arts programming has yet to achieve a position that allows it to be …

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