This paper seeks to identify the distinctive variables of a particular type of local production
system: the extra-urban cultural district (E-UCD). Although cultural districts are becoming an …

In the past 15 years, cultural and creative industries have been center-stage in international
and national debates. Policymakers promoted culture and creativity in dedicated initiatives …

Culture-driven urban and regional strategies have grown since the 1980s in Europe and
beyond. Countless initiatives for creative clusters, cultural quarters and culture-led urban …

The essay aims to introduce some relevant questions arising from experiences in designing
three cultural districts in the Lombardy Region, in Italy. After a brief summary of the main …

In recent years, there has been a notable development of research on the role of culture in
regional and local development models and on the relevance of the so-called cultural …

Abstract L e B lanc A. Cultural districts, a new strategy for regional development? The South-
East Cultural District in Sicily, Regional Studies. The industrialization of cultural production …

Despite the globalizing nature of contemporary cultural artefacts, in many cases creativity
seems to be still very much grounded in local geographic, social and economic contexts. In …

Practices of cultural production within a peripheral urban neighbourhood can contribute to
foster the sense of place, community belonging and local collective action. Starting from a …

This article engages in the debate on cultural economics that has recently become more
intense in Italy, in order to focus on two particular aspects: the city of art as an autonomous …

This paper reviews the concept of the cultural quarter as an approach to urban regeneration.
It considers the policy objectives of making such designations, the approach to …