Kyoto A Creative City : Leveraging Creativity for City Competitiveness and Inclusive Urban Transformation
This report builds on the findings from the Technical Deep Dive (TDD) ‘Creative Cities: Case of Kyoto,’ organized by the Tokyo Development and Learning Center (TDLC) in partnership with UNESCO and the City of Kyoto in January 2020. The TDD focused...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/235771620622744185/A-Creative-City-Kyoto-Leveraging-Creativity-for-City-Competitiveness-and-Inclusive-Urban-Transformation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35582 |
| Summary: | This report builds on the findings from
the Technical Deep Dive (TDD) ‘Creative Cities: Case of
Kyoto,’ organized by the Tokyo Development and Learning
Center (TDLC) in partnership with UNESCO and the City of
Kyoto in January 2020. The TDD focused on the framework for
developing creative cities and the impact that creative
industries can have on cities’ spatial, economic, and social
development. Using the case of Kyoto in Japan, the TDD
highlighted the different components of creative
neighborhoods and communities and how to build them. This
report uses the case of Kyoto to demonstrate how city
planners and the local private sector can collectively build
creative communities. It builds on an important conversation
on how to leverage creative cities to safeguard inclusive
economic development and catalyze urban spaces that enhance
economic, urban, and social development. Insights for this
report were derived from a literature review along with
interviews with practitioners with a focus on creative
clusters and spatial transformation. Social inclusion is
also a theme that we discuss in the report, though to a
lesser degree because of data constraints. This report
provides distilled practical lessons and key insights for
policy makers and practitioners interested in applying the
concept of creative cities effectively. Using the case of
Kyoto, the report analyzes how creative communities and
policy action can be leveraged for urban transformation not
only at the neighborhood level but also citywide and beyond. |
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